Is there a town like her, that bookish girl? (5)

I believe the answer is:

alice

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'girl?' is the definition.
(girl's name)

I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.

(Other definitions for alice that I've seen before include "Lewis Carroll's heroine" , "Lewis Carroll character" , "A Town Like - - (novel/film)" , "Adventurous girl created by Lewis Carroll" , "woman" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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