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Illustration of an open book with fantasy characters emerging, including a knight with a shield, a wizard, a red dragon, an orc, and stars in the background.
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A Mad Tea Party. Alice meets the March Hare and Mad Hatter in Lewis Carroll's "Adventures of Alice in Wonderland" (1865) by English illustrator and satirical artist Sir John Tenniel.
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The genre of fantasy revolves around strangeness in setting and characters.
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