Alice Behind Wonderland
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (565 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0052EAFAE |
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| Number of Pages | : | 586 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
On a summer's day in 1858, in a garden behind Christ Church College in Oxford, Charles Dodgson, a lecturer in mathematics, photographed six-year-old Alice Liddell, the daughter of the college dean, with a Thomas Ottewill Registered Double Folding camera, recently purchased in London. Using Dodgson's published writings, private diaries, and of course his photographic portraits, Winchester gently exposes the development of Lewis Carroll and the making of his Alice.. Dodgson's love of photography framed his view of the world, and was partly responsible
"For Lewis Carroll and Simon Winchester Fans Wishing to Know Charles Dodgson" according to Sarah. This is an unusually short work from Winchester, but the writing is just as good. Especially appropriate for fans of Lewis Carroll and Simon Winchester who want to know more about Charles Dodgson's fascination with young girls.. Churstmart said No Cocaine Here. I always thought that "Alice in Wonderland" was written under the influence of cocaine, but this book tells a much better story of a brilliant mathematician, photographer, and writer whose creativity was definately "out of the box". Although the language in this book requires a dictionary, it was fun reading something this well written and researched. Alice Liddell was captivating for Dodgson (AKA Lewis Carroll), but the true story is not the "happily ever after" I expected. Victorian Age sensibilities are the setting for a love story that borders o. An Interesting Subject A medley of facts and recollections, thinnish gruel from history faint and forgotten, reminds that all life and immediacy fades away.