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Belle Moses's 1910 biography presents Lewis Carroll as a singularly imaginative mind who could turn an ordinary river outing into a "new country" of wonder. It traces Charles Lutwidge Dodgson from the affectionate, inventive world of his childhood at Croft rectory beside the Tees—where homemade railways, conjuring tricks, marionettes, and a private theater flourished—to the discipline of school life at Richmond and Rugby, where his shy, studious nature, mathematical gift, and resistance to...

"Lewis Carroll in Wonderland and at Home: The Story of His Life" by Belle Moses offers a captivating glimpse into the life of the beloved author of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." The book delves into Carroll's dual existence as a mathematician and a storyteller, exploring how his experiences and relationships influenced his imaginative works. Through vivid anecdotes and detailed descriptions, Moses paints a portrait of Carroll that reveals the man behind the whimsical tales, highlight...

Charles Dickens is one of the best-loved English novelists. But who was the man behind the novels?Here you will find an extraordinary biography of one of the greatest authors of all time.

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson or Lewis Carroll, English writer, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon, and photographer - His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, which includes the poem "Jabberwocky", and the poem The Hunting of the Snark, all examples of the genre of literary nonsense. He is noted for his facility at word play, logic, and fantasy. There are societies in many parts of the world dedicated to the enjoyment and promot...

This is a high quality book of the original classic edition. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, finally, back in print.This is a freshly published edition of this culturally important work, which is now, at last, again available to you.Enjoy this classic work. These few paragraphs distill the contents and gives you a short overview and insight of this work and the author's style:Glebe farms were very common in England; they consis...

Alice In Wonderland World's Best CollectionThis is the best ‘Alice In Wonderland’ collection, including all Alice’s famous stories plus extra free bonus materials.Alice In WonderlandAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) is a world-renowned classic 1865 novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll.It tells of a girl named Alice falling throug...

Carroll’s empathy for the emotions of childhood is part of what gives the “Alice” books their energy; they approximate how bewildering and curious the world can seem through a young person’s eyes. When Carroll looked through the lens of his Victorian camera, what he saw was through the looking glass the world upside down, much like the world of Alice. It feels fitting to picture Lewis Carroll spending his leisure hours looking at an up-side down topsy-turvy world and then, with the trick o...

This carefully crafted ebook: “Three Biographies of Lewis Carroll: The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll + Lewis Carroll in Wonderland and at Home + The Story of Lewis Carroll” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll is a biography written by Carroll's nephew and published only 11 months after his death in December 1898. It accidentally started the entire image of Lewis Carroll as a pedophile by deliberatel...

Landmark new 90th anniversary edition featuring a wealth of charming illustrations from Tove Jansson, creator of the Moomins, published in English for the first time.Whisked away from his comfortable, unambitious life in his hobbit-hole in Bag End by Gandalf the wizard and a band of dwarves, Bilbo Baggins finds himself caught up in a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon. Although quite reluctant to take part in...

'A work of glorious intelligence and literary devices . . . Nonsense becomes a form of higher sense' Malcolm Bradbury'I had sent my heroine straight down a rabbit-hole . . . without the least idea what was to happen afterwards,' wrote Lewis Carroll, describing how Alice was conjured up one 'golden afternoon' to entertain a young girl. His dream worlds of nonsensical Wonderland and the back-to-front Looking-Glass kingdom depict order turned upside-down: a baby turns...

Down down into the rabbit hole ... The Cheshire Cat, The Queen of Hearts, Caterpillar, the Hatter - All 4 complete books - all four FULLY illustrated, including originals by Carroll himself! Your optimised, Illustrated Deluxe Illustrated Edition includes: + All 4 Works are gorgeously illustrated with John Tenniel’s original artworks + Original drawings by Carroll himself for “Alice’s Adventures Under Ground”! + Links to f...

This book contains several HTML tables of contents.The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of that specific work.Here you will find an in-depth biography of Lewis Carroll and the 'Alice in Wonderland' complete collection:- A...