Why is Alice's Adventures in Wonderland called a Novel?

It's less than 80,000 words.

http://www.feedbooks.com/book/22/alice-s鈥?/a> says it has 26,432 words, which http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_count says would make it a novella.Why is Alice's Adventures in Wonderland called a Novel?
Novel is short for Italian novella historia, "new story". It was also called "romance" because it was mostly used in languages based on Latin. It simply means a story with a happy ending.Why is Alice's Adventures in Wonderland called a Novel?
People aren't educated :) I have Wonderland and the Looking Glass in one book, as they are usually published together to make a bit over a novel in wordcount.Why is Alice's Adventures in Wonderland called a Novel?
Lots of people call all fiction books novels
I guess your right. I didn't know that.