The book arcs to date have centered on Crime and Punishment, Pygmalion, "The Butterfly," Macbeth, Rip van Winkle, The Wind in the Willows, A Christmas Carol, Walden, North and South, The Odyssey, Dracula, Silas Marner, and finally Persuasion.
[7] Beginning with the second book arc, Pygmalion, vlog-style episodes on Tuesdays were followed by short reality TV-style confessional videos featuring various characters on Thursdays.
[8] In the eighth book arc, Walden, the show expanded beyond the vlog format and incorporated a larger variety of styles and settings.
She decides to start living her life according to the actions of characters in classic novels, and her film student friend Andrew makes a vlog-style documentary about it.
In Pygmalion, Alice makes over nerdy student Ewan McBay and dates him briefly, but he quickly abandons her in his quest for power and popularity.
Alice recovers from the stress of the election in Rip van Winkle, when she and Andrew ignore school for a week in favor of drinking and bowling.
She begins living North and South while struggling to accept Andrew's father's business models for his publishing firm.
During the same time, Cara and Lily are documenting their internship and experiences in Los Angeles on "Musica Mundana", a Classic Alice spinoff.
Characters use Twitter, Tumblr, and Facebook accounts, as well as less common social media sites that fit their individual interests, such as Goodreads and Instagram.
[15] Classic Alice also uses other innovative forms of transmedia to flesh out its world, including university newspaper The Ocelot Call,[16] podcasts recorded in-world by characters about books, movies, and music,[17] and an interactive fan literary magazine.
[19] Reading Rainbow called the show "smart, funny, and absolutely addictive,"[20] while Tubefilter pointed out that "the decision to spread a narrative across multiple books keeps Classic Alice fresh while still allowing it to develop its characters in the way its fans want.