Reading Notes: Alice in Wonderland part A
I am familiar with the stories of Alice and Wonderland because I have seen the movies and read the stories as a child. Instead of taking notes on the plot that many people know, I decided to do research on the author, Lewis Carroll, to hopefully learn some new information.
Lewis Carroll was born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson in 1832 in England. His pen name is actually a sort of pun on his real name. Lewis is a form of Ludovicus, which is Latin for Lutwidge. Carroll is similar to Latin Carolus, which is close to Charles.
Carroll is English, and is most well known for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and the sequel Through the Looking Glass. Carroll is also known for his word play, and has several poems that are technically classified as Literary Nonsense because of all of the made up words.
He started writing short stories in the family magazine Mischmasch from a young age. He got his start by sending these funny poems and stories to various magazines who would publish him. His first work under the name Lewis Carroll was published in 1856. It was a romantic poem called "Solitude."
He started writing the Alice books after meeting the Dean of his college and his young family. Dean Henry Liddell and his wife Lorina had multiple children including one little girl named Alice. He took the children on rowing trips and used to tell stories to Alice, who begged him to write them down. His friendship with this family inspired Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Here are some fun miscellaneous facts about Lewis Carroll.
Bibliography: Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll: Source
Wikipedia, Lewis Carroll: Source
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Lewis Carroll was born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson in 1832 in England. His pen name is actually a sort of pun on his real name. Lewis is a form of Ludovicus, which is Latin for Lutwidge. Carroll is similar to Latin Carolus, which is close to Charles.
Carroll is English, and is most well known for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and the sequel Through the Looking Glass. Carroll is also known for his word play, and has several poems that are technically classified as Literary Nonsense because of all of the made up words.
He started writing short stories in the family magazine Mischmasch from a young age. He got his start by sending these funny poems and stories to various magazines who would publish him. His first work under the name Lewis Carroll was published in 1856. It was a romantic poem called "Solitude."
He started writing the Alice books after meeting the Dean of his college and his young family. Dean Henry Liddell and his wife Lorina had multiple children including one little girl named Alice. He took the children on rowing trips and used to tell stories to Alice, who begged him to write them down. His friendship with this family inspired Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Here are some fun miscellaneous facts about Lewis Carroll.
- He went to Rugby School and later Oxford.
- People described him as carrying himself awkwardly and "asymmetrical"
- He was deaf in one ear from a childhood illness, and had whooping cough when he was 17.
- He had a stammer, and was more aware of it himself than other people were,
- Carroll could reportedly sing pretty well and loved storytelling and charades.
- His other skills included photography and mathematics.
Bibliography: Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll: Source
Wikipedia, Lewis Carroll: Source
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