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Many are familiar with Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, but less well known is , Lewis Carroll's original, hand-written version of the tale.

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Alice dines with Tweedledee and Tweedledum (played by The Two Ronnies)

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The book - complete with the author's illustrations - was released this week as part of the British Library's series of digital books. Unlike most e-books, which are composed of typed up text viewable on e-readers like the Amazon Kindle, these books are faithful digital copies of the original manuscripts. They can all now be viewed online using various plug-ins and in fully accessible image files.

Other titles in the series include William Blake's Notebook and Jane Austen's History of England (both of which can be found )which she wrote in 1791 when she was 15. For those with their own e-Book readers, the books are currently available for download via the .

The release of the latest titles in the series comes just two weeks after the , the visionary founder of who is credited with the invention of the e-book some forty years ago. Recruiting hundreds of volunteers to scan and manually type up thousands of works for an online library, Hart set the wheels in motion for making knowledge more accessible.

Interviewed in 1999 about digitizing the Declaration of Independence, Hart rightly stated: "If I put this up online, it will last a long time."

To learn more read the WebWise guide to e-books.

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