Lost Girls

Set in an Austrian hotel in 1913, the narrative centers on Alice Liddell, Wendy Darling, and Dorothy Gale as adult women during the onset of the Great War. These literary protagonists from Victorian and Edwardian children's literature recount their explicit sexual histories through a series of erotic vignettes. The story reframes their original adventures in Wonderland, Neverland, and Oz as psychological metaphors for puberty and physical maturation. Using an oversized format, the artwork mirrors historical styles ranging from Jugendstil to classical pornography, documenting how these figures navigate desire and trauma against a backdrop of crumbling European stability.

Readers of transgressive fiction and underground comics value this work for its subversion of cultural icons and its analysis of erotic art through the lens of history. It attracts those interested in the intersection of psychoanalysis and classic folklore, providing an unfiltered look at female sexuality often repressed in the source material. After finishing the book, the reader possesses a comprehensive understanding of how the innocence of childhood fiction can be dismantled. They walk away with a stark perspective on the transition from Victorian morality to the modern age of mechanical destruction.

Balanced in tone; a moderate read.

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