The new genre was firming up, and would find a fuller expression, plausibly based on Lewis Carroll's 'Professor', with the W. Heath Robinson illustrations to Norman Hunter's The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm, 1933.
Reproduction of the original: Sylvie and Bruno by Lewis Carroll
Sylvie and Bruno is set in Victorian England and in Fairyland, each setting with their own narrative. The fairytale aspect of the novel is similar to Carroll's Alice stories, but the "real world" narrative is more philosophical.
The Narrator tells of two worlds: Victorian England and the love of Arthur and Eric for Lady Muriel; and the fairyland of Dogland, Outland, and Elfland where brother and sister...
First published in 1889, this novel has two main plots; one set in the real world at the time the book was published (the Victorian era), the other in the fictional world of Fairyland.