Carroll, Lewis
Carroll, Lewis (pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, 1832–98),author of the Alice books. An enthusiastic photographer, his first encounters with the young Liddells, children of the dean of Christ Church, the Oxford college where Dodgson taught mathematics were in 1856 when he went to photograph Christ Church cathedral from the deanery garden. The first Alice story was extemporized for the three eldest daughters, Lorina, Alice, and Edith, on a summer picnic in 1862. The written version that the 10‐year‐old Alice begged for did not materialize until Christmas 1864, when Dodgson presented her with the neatly handwritten text of Alice's Adventures under Ground, which he had illustrated himself. Encouraged by such friends as George MacDonald, Dodgson decided to flesh out the story for publication. He expanded it to more than twice its original length, enhancing the comedy, adding some of his most original...
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