Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Cambridge Library Collection - Fiction and Poetry)

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Bowman, Isa (1899). The Story of Lewis Carroll: Told for Young People by the Real Alice in Wonderland, Miss Isa Bowman. London: J.M. Dent & Co. a b "Lewis Carroll – Logician, Nonsense Writer, Mathematician and Photographer". The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. BBC. 26 August 2005. Archived from the original on 3 February 2009 . Retrieved 12 February 2009. Robbins, D. P.; Rumsey, H. (1986). "Determinants and alternating sign matrices". Advances in Mathematics. 62 (2): 169. doi: 10.1016/0001-8708(86)90099-X. Fit for a Queen". Snopes. 26 March 1999. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022 . Retrieved 25 March 2011.

The Colour Library Book of Great British Writers' (1993), p.197, Colour Library Books Ltd, (Godalming, England) ISBN=0-86283-676-6. CluedUpp is an immersive outdoor event with over 2 million players participating in over 1200 locations worldwide. The stammer has always been a significant part of the image of Dodgson. While one apocryphal story says that he stammered only in adult company and was free and fluent with children, there is no evidence to support this idea. [28] Many children of his acquaintance remembered the stammer, while many adults failed to notice it. Dodgson himself seems to have been far more acutely aware of it than most people whom he met; it is said that he caricatured himself as the Dodo in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, referring to his difficulty in pronouncing his last name, but this is one of the many supposed facts often repeated for which no first-hand evidence remains. He did indeed refer to himself as a dodo, but whether or not this reference was to his stammer is simply speculation. [27] Abeles, Francine F. (1998) Charles L. Dodgson, Mathematician". An Exhibition From the Jon A. Lindseth Collection of C.L. Dodgson and Lewis Carroll". New York: The Grolier Club, pp. 45–54. Moktefi, Amirouche. (2008) "Lewis Carroll's Logic", pp. 457–505 in British Logic in the Nineteenth Century, Vol. 4 of Handbook of the History of Logic, Dov M. Gabbay and John Woods (eds.) Amsterdam: Elsevier.Waggoner, Diane (2020). Lewis Carroll's Photography and Modern Childhood. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-19318-2. Dodgson's stammer did trouble him, but it was never so debilitating that it prevented him from applying his other personal qualities to do well in society. He lived in a time when people commonly devised their own amusements and when singing and recitation were required social skills, and the young Dodgson was well equipped to be an engaging entertainer. He could reportedly sing at a passable level and was not afraid to do so before an audience. He was also adept at mimicry and storytelling, and reputedly quite good at charades. [27] Social connections [ edit ] Gardner, Martin (2009). Introduction to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. Oxford University Press. p.xvi. ISBN 978-0-517-02962-6. It was on one such expedition on 4 July 1862 that Dodgson invented the outline of the story that eventually became his first and greatest commercial success. He told the story to Alice Liddell and she begged him to write it down, and Dodgson eventually (after much delay) presented her with a handwritten, illustrated manuscript entitled Alice's Adventures Under Ground in November 1864. [43]

His early academic career veered between high promise and irresistible distraction. He did not always work hard, but was exceptionally gifted, and achievement came easily to him. In 1852, he obtained first-class honours in Mathematics Moderations and was soon afterwards nominated to a Studentship by his father's old friend Canon Edward Pusey. [19] [20] In 1854, he obtained first-class honours in the Final Honours School of Mathematics, standing first on the list, and thus graduated as Bachelor of Arts. [21] [22] He remained at Christ Church studying and teaching, but the next year he failed an important scholarship exam through his self-confessed inability to apply himself to study. [23] [24] Even so, his talent as a mathematician won him the Christ Church Mathematical Lectureship in 1855, [25] which he continued to hold for the next 26 years. [26] Despite early unhappiness, Dodgson remained at Christ Church, in various capacities, until his death, including that of Sub-Librarian of the Christ Church library, where his office was close to the Deanery, where Alice Liddell lived. [27] Character and appearance [ edit ] Health problems [ edit ] 1863 photograph of Carroll by Oscar G. Rejlander Gardner, Martin. "Word Ladders: Lewis Carroll's Doublets". No.Vol. 80, No. 487, Centenary Issue (Mar. 1996). The Mathematical Gazette. JSTOR 3620349. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021 . Retrieved 22 March 2022. Taylor, Roger; Wakeling, Edward (25 February 2002). Lewis Carroll, Photographer. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-07443-6.

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Carroll, Lewis (1979). The Letters of Lewis Carroll, Volumes 1–2. Oxford University Press. p.657. Dec. 30th.—To London with M—, and took her to " Alice in Wonderland," Mr. Savile Clarke's play at the Prince of Wales's Theatre... as a whole, the play seems a success.