Lewis Carroll was the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, born in 1832 in Cheshire, England. Best known for his whimsical children’s stories
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Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898), better known by his pseudonym Lewis Carroll, was an acclaimed English writer, mathematician, logician, photographer, and deacon remembered best for his fantastical children’s fiction. Born to an affluent family in Cheshire county, Carroll excelled in mathematics and won a scholarship to Christ Church college at Oxford University. As a mathematics lecturer at the college for over 25 years, he published widely in the field of symbolic logic and mathematics puzzles. During this time, Carroll also nurtured a passion for photography and literary pursuits, publishing poems and short stories under his pen name.
It was through his friendships with the Liddell family that Carroll first crafted the tales of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking Glass, for which Carroll gained his greatest literary fame. The young Alice Liddell served as the model for the precocious heroine Alice, following her fantastical dreams and imaginings down a rabbit hole into magical worlds of anthropomorphic creatures like the Mad Hatter, March Hare, Cheshire Cat, and talking playing cards. These stories reveal Carroll’s playfulness, humor, creativity, understanding of children’s perspectives, and talent for engaging fantasy worlds vividly grounded in logic and wordplay.
Though Carroll published other works of fiction, poetry, and mathematics during his lifetime, the Alice books eclipsed his other accomplishments and became beloved classics translated around the globe. Their lasting influence is readily seen across numerous cultural media adaptations spanning nearly 150 years. Though a quiet and solitary man in appearance, Carroll’s rich inner world spilled over to capture the imaginations of children and adults alike through the enduring adventures of a courageous young girl named Alice. The master storyteller Lewis Carroll will forever be equated with this timeless heroine exploring topsy-turvy dreamworlds where imagination reigns supreme.
Only A Woman’s Hair by Lewis Carroll
Only A Woman’s Hair by Lewis Carroll Only a woman’s hair! Fling it aside! A bubble on Life’s mighty stream: Heed it not, man, but watch the broadening tide Bright with the western beam. Nay! In those words there rings from other years The echo of a long low cry, Where a proud spirit wrestles…
A Valentine by Lewis Carroll
A Valentine by Lewis Carroll And cannot pleasures, while they last, Be actual unless, when past, They leave us shuddering and aghast, With anguish smarting And cannot friends be firm and fast, And yet bear parting And must I then, at Friendship’s call, Calmly resign the little all (Trifling, I grant, it is and small)…
A Sea Dirge by Lewis Carroll
A SEA DIRGE ?There are certain things – as, a spider, a ghost, The income-tax, gout, an umbrella for three – That I hate, but the thing that I hate the most Is a thing they call the Sea. Pour some salt water over the floor – Ugly I?m sure you?ll allow it to be:…
A VALENTINE by Lewis Carroll
A VALENTINE by Lewis Carroll And cannot pleasures, while they last, Be actual unless, when past, They leave us shuddering and aghast, With anguish smarting? And cannot friends be firm and fast, And yet bear parting? And must I then, at Friendship?s call, Calmly resign the little all (Trifling, I grant, it is and small)…
Jabberwocky–Lewis Carroll
Lewis Carrol [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898) was an English author and mathematician best know for his work Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Throw the Looking Glass.