History Literature / AfterAlice

* TalkingtoPlants: Ada converses with three talking Roses by the shore of the Pool of Tears.

* UnwittingInstigatorofDoom: Ada letting her iron corset fall off of her when she lands in Wonderland is what causes it to [[spoiler: turn into the terrible Jabberwock.]]

* WhatHappenedtotheMouse?: Did [[spoiler: Queen Victoria]] ever make it out of Wonderland and back to Great Britain after Ada and Alice did?

* ShoutOut: The narrator in Chapter 30 references (then yet to be written) famous works of literature like ''Literature/TheGreatGatsby'', Franchise/JamesBond, ''Literature/{{PeterPan}}'', ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', and ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia''.

* ShoutOut: The narrator in Chapter 30 references (then yet to be written) famous works of literature like ''Literature/TheGreatGatsby,'' Franchise/JamesBond, ''Literature/{{PeterPan}},'' ''Literature/{{TheLordOfTheRings}},'' and ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia.''

* ShoutOut: The narrator in Chapter 30 references (then yet to be written) famous works of literature like ''Literature/TheGreatGatsby,'' Franchise/JamesBond, ''Literature/{{PeterPan}},'' ''Literature/{{TheLordoftheRings}},'' and ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia.''

* EldritchLocation: Wonderland is a relatively harmless version of this trope, shifting around Ada and transporting her from one location (like the Pool of Tears or the hall of locked doors in the rabbit hole) to another (like the upper branches of a tree or the Mad Hatter's tea party) at random.

Set during the events of the original book, this novel gives AscendedExtra status to two of ''Wonderland's'' minor characters: Alice's best friend, Ada, who was TheGhost and only mentioned in passing by Alice in one of the latter's monologues, and Alice's older sister Lydia, who only appeared in person at the beginning and end of the original story. When Alice follows the White Rabbit down the rabbit hole into Wonderland, Ada and Lydia both go looking for her: Ada by following her down the rabbit hole, and Lydia by searching through 1860's Oxford. The rest of the novel alternates between their two perspectives--Ada's journey through the fantastical, nonsensical world of Wonderland, and Lydia's traverse around Oxford, which has it own, more subtle set of contradictions and illogic. (Alice herself only appears in person at the end of the book.)

* CloudCuckooLand: Wonderland of course, but Oxford is also portrayed as this due to the DeliberateValuesDissonance of 1860's British society.

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Maguire certainly doesn't shy away from showing the racism, sexism and clashes between science and religion present in 1860's Oxford, while the characters of Mr. Winter and Siam serve as a reminder of the evils of slavery in 1860's America.

* SpotofTea: The Mad Hatter and March Hare's favorite pastime.