’O Tafaoga a ’Alise i le Nu’u o Mea Ofoofogia

Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 - 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity.Born in Portsmouth, Dickens left school to work in a factory when his father was incarcerated in a debtors' prison. Despite his lack of formal education, he edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, five novellas, hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed extensively, was an indefatigable letter writer, and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, education, and other social reforms.Dickens was regarded as the literary colossus of his age. His 1843 novella, A Christmas Carol, remains popular and continues to inspire adaptations in every artistic genre. Oliver Twist and Great Expectations are also frequently adapted, and, like many of his novels, evoke images of early Victorian London. His 1859 novel, A Tale of Two Cities, set in London and Paris, is his best-known work of historical fiction.

¿O l¿nei f¿gogo-"¿O T¿faoga a ¿¿lise i le Nüu o Mea Ofoofogia"-na t¿sia e Charles Lutwidge Dodgson i lalo o lona igoa fai, o Lewis Carroll, ma na uluäi lolomiina ¿i¿ Iulai 1865. Na soifua mai Lewis Carroll ¿i¿ Ianuari 27, 1832 i le nüu o Daresbury, Chesire, i le atunüu o Egelani. ¿O ona tuä¿ o ni faife¿au ma ¿o ia o le ulumatua a ona m¿tua; e töasefulu ona uso ma tuaf¿fine. E ui ¿ina sa iai ni fäal¿tonu o lona tino, lana tautala, ma le fäalogo, ¿ae na i¿ te ia le t¿leni o le faif¿gogo ma le tusitala, ma ¿o le tusi muamua lenei na täutäua ai ¿o ia i Egelani; i le tausaga e 1932, o se tasi l¿nei o tala aupito täutäua i le lalolagi ¿¿toa. Na ¿¿oga Lewis Carroll i le ¿¿oga e täua o Christ Church lea föi sa fai¿¿oga ai i le mat¿¿upu o le Matematika. ¿O ia ¿o se tagata matamuli ¿ae sa fiafia e fatu ni f¿gogo mo tamaiti. Na maliu ¿o ia i le tausaga e 1898.¿O le uluäi fäalil¿uga lenei o t¿faoga a "¿¿lise" i le nüu o mea ofoofogia, ¿ae l¿ ¿o se fäalil¿uga muamua lea o tala mai i nüu i fafo e pei o Europa. ¿O le uluäi fäalil¿uga o tusi mai i le Fäaperetania pöo le Igilisi i le Fäas¿moa, o le Tusi Päia."Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" was written by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pen name Lewis Carroll and was originally published in 1865. Lewis Carroll was born on 27 January 1832 in Daresbury, Chesire, England. He studied at Christ Church where he also taught Mathematics. He was the eldest son of a church minister and although a very shy individual, he loved to entertain his younger siblings with fabulous imaginary animals and unusual creatures, and humans doing extraordinary fetes. In spite of a debilitating stammer and poor hearing, Carroll possessed a talent in storytelling and writing which enter­tained many generations to come. "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" made him famous in England and by 1932, it had become the most popular story around the world. Carroll died in 1898.Samoan readers, particularly the children, are familiar with various retellings of fairytale classics such as Cinderella, Snow White, or Uncle Remus' Tales, and religious texts such as biblical stories in Samoan; but this is the first known published translation of "Alice" in their language.