Carroll published his novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in 1865 and it was followed by Through the Looking Glass in 1872. Alice's story began as a piece meant to entertain three little girls on a boating trip in 1862. Both of these books were considered children's novels that were satirical in nature and they show Carroll's wit. Of all Lewis Carroll's works, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, has a unique standing in the category of nonsense literature. Alice is quite different from all other Victorian children's literature. Yet, as odd as this story appears in relation to the other Victorian children's stories, this short novel is odder still because it was written by an ultra-conservative man, in short, a Victorian gentleman. Alice was called a children's feast and a triumph of nonsense. About 180,000 copies of Alice in various editions were sold in England during Carroll's lifetime. Since then the book has been translated into every major language, and now it has become a bestseller, ranking with the works of Shakespeare and the Bible in popular demand. Of all Victorian children's stories that are enjoyed equally by children and adults, none is more popular than Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. Wonderland is a dream, but the Looking-Glass is self-conscious. It is a dream that shows us something real. Our imagination is a gift, something that can teach us and add to our joy. Wonderland helps us to practice wonderment, to see the seemingly impossible beauty in the world around us. Concept of the looking glass self, states that a person's self grows out of a person's social interactions with others.