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LEWIS CAROLL
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
(Born - January 27, 1832, in
Daresbury, Chesire, England )
(Died : January 14, 1898, in
Gildford, Surrey, England)
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LIMERICK BY LEWIS
CAROLL TO VERA BERINGER
There was a young
lady of station,
“I love man” was her sole exclamation;
But when men cried, “You flatter,”
She replied, “Oh! no matter, Isle of Man is the true
explanation."
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27th January 1832 was the
day when Charles Lutwidge Dodgson - (pen name
Lewis Caroll)
was born.
A
distinguished mathematician and logician who wrote several
mathematical treatises as well as fiction and poetry, Lewis
Carroll
is best known as the creator of the classic children's novel
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. This classic novel is at
once a social satire and a whimsical fairy tale, and can be
appreciated by both adults and children. Born to Francis Jane
Lutwidge and Reverend Charles Dodgson, Carroll began practicing
the art of entertaining children with his ten younger siblings
while growing up in an isolated community in Chesire, England.
Carroll attended the Richmond and Rugby schools, where his
reserved character made him a target for bullying by other
students. He did not like these early school experiences, but
continued on to a scholarly career at Christ College, Oxford
which was to last virtually until the end of his life. After
graduating with honors in mathematics and classical studies he
was granted a fellowship and became a faculty member at age
twenty-four. At twenty-five he obtained his master's degree and
was ordained in 1861 to fulfill the requirements of remaining at
Oxford, which he
did, as a teacher of mathematics, until 1881.
At Christ College Carroll also found an appreciative audience
for his storytelling capabilities in the children of the dean:
Alice, Lorina and Edith Liddell. Being unmarried and childless
himself (a stipulation of the university), Carroll often amused
other people's children, such as those of writers George
Macdonald and Alfred Lord Tennyson, with his stories. However it
was to Alice Liddell that Carroll first told the fanciful story
of falling down a rabbit hole into another world. She urged him
to write down the story so that she might read it again, and
thus the prototype of the now famous tale was first put into
written form.
This story, accompanied by some rough drawings, was admired by
the novelist Henry Kingsly who was visiting the Liddells, and
Carroll was encouraged to publish it. At the behest of the
publisher Carroll added some stories to bring the story to novel
length. With illustrations by cartoonist Sir John Tenniel, the
book was first published in 1865. Both Alice's Adventures in
Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking Glass and What
Alice Found There, written in 1871, were considerable successes.
The stories continue to delight children today, and their
whimsical appeal have been analyzed by adults for deeper
meanings, although critics remain divided on this point. Some
uncertainty similarly surrounds the nature of Carroll's
friendships with little girls, and the photographic portraits of
children he was known for. What is certain is the lasting appeal
of Carroll's "Alice" stories, particularly the delightful
poetry, twisted logic and memorable characters to be found
there.
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Right Click to download the
Image, take the print and kids, read out in front of the mirror! Do Let me
know what's written:-)
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Gatten, Brian.
SparkNote on Alice in Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass. 27 Jan.
2009
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/alice/
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Read More
From Alice
in Wonderland
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“How
doth the little crocodile Improve his shining tail,
And pour the waters of the Nile On every golden scale!
“How cheerfully he seems to grin,
How neatly spreads his claws, And welcomes little fishes in, With gently
smiling jaws!"
“Fury
said to a mouse, That he met in the house, ‘Let us both go
to law:
I will prosecute you.
Come, I’ll take no denial:
We must have the trial;
For really this morning I’ve nothing to do.’ Said the mouse
to the cur, Such a trial dear sir, With no jury or judge,
would be wasting our breath.
I’ll be judge, I’ll be jury, said cunning old Fury:
‘I’ll try the whole cause, and condemn you to death."
“You are
old, Father William,” the young man said, “And your hair has
become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your
head Do you think, at your age, it is right?"
“In my youth,” Father William replied to his son, “I feared
it might injure the brain; But, now that I’m perfectly sure
I have none, Why, I do it again and again." |
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White Mouse recited at the Court
“They told me
you had been to her, And mentioned me to him:
She gave me a good character, But said I could not swim.
He sent them word I had not gone (We know it to be true):
If she should push the matter on, What would become of you?
I gave her one, they gave him two, You gave us three or
more; They all returned from him to you, Though, they were
mine before.
If I or she should chance to be Involved in this affair, He
trusts to you to set them free, Exactly as we were.
My notion was that you had been (Before she had this fit) An
obstacle that came between Him, and ourselves, and it.
Don’t let him know she liked them best, For this must ever
be A secret, kept from all the rest, Between yourself and
me."
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‘Twinkle,
twinkle, little bat! How I wonder what you’re at!’ You know
the song, perhaps?" “I’ve heard something like it,” said
Alice.
“It goes on, you know,” the Hatter continued, “in this
way:‘Up above the world you fly, Like a tea-tray in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle-’ |
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“Will you walk a
little faster?” said a whiting to a snail, “There’s a
porpoise close behind us, and he’s treading on my tail.
See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance!
They are waiting on the shingle- will you come and join the
dance? Will you, wo’n’t you, will you, wo’n’t you, will you
join the dance? Will you, wo’n’t You, will you, wo’n’t you,
wo’n’t you join the dance? |
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