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Lewis Carroll Profile

Lewis Carroll
[Charles Lutwidge Dodgson]
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  Born:  Daresbury, Cheshire, 1832.

  Died:  1898.

  English mathematician and, as Lewis Carroll, writer of children's books.

  Charles Lutwidge Dodgson was born in Daresbury, Cheshire in 1832.

  Between 1855 and 1881 he was a lecturer in mathematics at Oxford University.

  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was based on stories told by the author to three little girls, one of whom was Alice Liddell, daughter of the Dean of Christ Church College.

  Dodgson never acknowledged being the author of works published under the name 'Lewis Carroll', preferring to be recognised as the writer of several mathematics books which were published under his own name.

  As well as being a mathematician and storyteller, he was also a pioneer of portrait photography.

Works with publication dates:

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865)
Through the Looking Glass (1872)
The Hunting of the Snark (1876)

Links

The Lewis Carroll Society
http://lewiscarrollsociety.org.uk/

The Lewis Carroll Birthplace Trust
http://www.lewis-carroll-birthplace.org.uk/

Guardian Unlimited - Lewis Carroll
http://books.guardian.co.uk/authors/author/0,5917,-35,00.html

The Millennium Library - Lewis Carroll
http://www.millenniumlibrary.co.uk/millib/reference/
notes.php?entry=Lewis%20Carroll&fromdb=2

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/
Mathematicians/Dodgson.html

Quotes

"'What is the use of a book,' thought Alice, 'without pictures or conversations.'"

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

"Curiouser and curiouser!"

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

"'If everybody minded their own business,' the Duchess said in a hoarse growl, 'the world would go round a deal faster than it does.'"

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

"[The Cheshire Cat] vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of its tail, and ending with the grin, which remained some time after the rest of it had gone."

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

"'Then you should say what you mean,' the March Hare went on.

'I do,' Alice hastily replied; 'at least - at least I mean what I say - that's the same thing, you know.'"

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

"Off with her head!"

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

"Everything's got a moral, if you can only find it."

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

"Take care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of themselves."

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

"Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, will you join the dance."

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

"'Begin at the beginning,' the King said, gravely, 'and go on till you come to the end; then stop.'"

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

"Curtsey while you're thinking what to say.  It saves time."

Through the Looking Glass

"Now here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to stay in the same place.  If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that."

Through the Looking Glass

"And thick and fast they came at last,
And more, and more, and more."

Through the Looking Glass

"The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday - but never jam to-day."

Through the Looking Glass

"What I tell you three times is true."

The Hunting of the Snark

A selection of books by Lewis Carroll available from W.H. Smith:
 

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland  (hardback)

Alice's Adventures Underground - The Story That Became "Alice in Wonderland"  (hardback)

Through the Looking Glass  (paperback)

Through the Looking-glass and What Alice Found There  (hardback)

Hunting of the Snark An Agony in Eight Fits  (paperback)

Hunting of the Snark An Agony in Eight Fits  (hardback)

Jabberwocky and Other Poems  (paperback)

Hunting of Snark Limited special edition

Selected Letters of Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll's Illustrated Letters

Complete Illustrated Lewis Carroll  (paperback)

Complete Illustrated Works of Lewis Carroll  (hardback)

Mathematical Pamphlets of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson and Related Pieces

Oxford Pamphlets, Leaflets, and Circulars of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson Vol 1

Political Pamphlets and Letters of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson and Related Pieces A Mathematical Approach