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Lewis Carroll (1832–1898)

Author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

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About the Author

Charles Luthwidge Dodgson was born in Daresbury, England on January 27, 1832. He became a minister of the Church of England and a lecturer in mathematics at Christ Church College, Oxford. He was the author, under his own name, of An Elementary Treatise on Determinants, Symbolic Logic, and other show more scholarly treatises. He is better known by his pen name of Lewis Carroll. Using this name, he wrote Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. He was also a pioneering photographer, and he took many pictures of young children, especially girls, with whom he seemed to empathize. He died on January 14, 1898. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Disambiguation Notice:

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**Please exercise extreme caution in merging pop-up books with the main work: in most cases, they should not be combined.
**Please do not combine The Annotated Alice with any of the "normal" Alice editions, nor the Annotated Snark with the Hunting of the Snark.
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Series

Works by Lewis Carroll

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) — Author — 32,441 copies, 533 reviews
Through the Looking-Glass (1871) 8,774 copies, 141 reviews
The Complete Illustrated Works of Lewis Carroll (1845) 4,894 copies, 33 reviews
The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition (1999) — Author — 2,852 copies, 44 reviews
The Annotated Alice (1960) 2,629 copies, 34 reviews
The Hunting of the Snark (1876) 1,444 copies, 47 reviews
Alice's Adventures Under Ground (1863) 1,151 copies, 16 reviews
Poetry for Young People: Lewis Carroll (2000) 1,063 copies, 6 reviews
Jabberwocky (1871) 957 copies, 46 reviews
The Best of Lewis Carroll (2001) 626 copies, 1 review
Symbolic Logic and the Game of Logic (1887) 414 copies, 2 reviews
Sylvie and Bruno (1889) 387 copies, 2 reviews
Jabberwocky and Other Poems (2001) 330 copies, 2 reviews
The Game of Logic (1969) 252 copies, 1 review
The Nursery Alice (1889) 252 copies, 4 reviews
Phantasmagoria and Other Poems (1869) 185 copies, 7 reviews
Lewis Carroll's Symbolic Logic (1896) 178 copies, 2 reviews
Lewis Carroll's Games and Puzzles (1992) 177 copies, 2 reviews
Pillow Problems and a Tangled Tale (1958) 177 copies, 1 review
The Humorous Verse of Lewis Carroll (1933) 171 copies, 2 reviews
The Selected Letters of Lewis Carroll (1982) 164 copies, 2 reviews
Alice in Pop-up Wonderland (2003) 162 copies
A Tangled Tale (1885) 124 copies, 1 review
The Walrus and the Carpenter (1974) 86 copies, 2 reviews
The Complete Sylvie and Bruno (1975) 83 copies, 3 reviews
Feeding the Mind (1973) 82 copies, 2 reviews
Unknown Lewis Carroll (1899) 79 copies, 1 review
Matemática demente (1995) 77 copies
Alice au pays des merveilles (1865) — Auteur adapté — 74 copies, 1 review
Lewis Carroll : Looking-glass letters (1991) 72 copies, 1 review
Euclid and His Modern Rivals (1879) 70 copies, 1 review
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded (1893) 67 copies
The Hunting of the Snark (Graphic Novel) (2010) 50 copies, 2 reviews
Alice in Wonderland (2009) 50 copies
Alice in Wonderland: Down the Rabbit Hole (2015) 46 copies, 2 reviews
Songs from Alice (1978) 46 copies, 1 review
Ariadna al laberint grotesc (2005) 44 copies
Rhyme? And Reason? (2006) 43 copies
Nonsense Verse (1995) 39 copies
Alice in Wonderland (1993) — Author — 36 copies
Alicia a través del espejo (2016) — Auteur adapté — 33 copies
Letters to Little Girls (1976) — Author — 31 copies
Complete & Utter Nonsense (1998) 30 copies
Lela Dowling's Alice (2004) 28 copies, 1 review
The Snark Puzzle Book (1973) — Author of the poems — 28 copies, 1 review
Alice in Wonderland: Longman Classics, Stage 1 (1987) — Author — 28 copies, 1 review
The Lewis Carroll book (1944) 27 copies
Classic Lewis Carroll (2010) 27 copies
Alice in Wonderland: Play (1980) 27 copies
Classics Illustrated: Alice in Wonderland (1865) 24 copies, 1 review
The Pig-tale (1975) 24 copies
Alice Through the Looking Glass [1998 TV movie] (1998) — Author — 22 copies
Three Sunsets and Other Poems (1898) 22 copies, 1 review
The Rectory magazine (1976) 21 copies, 1 review
Selected poems (2002) 19 copies
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Panorama Pops (2015) — Author — 17 copies
Niñas (1974) 16 copies
The Complete Alice Slipcase (2012) 16 copies
The Mad Gardener's Song (1967) 15 copies
Utter Nonsense (2004) 13 copies
Jabberwocky, and more nonsense (1964) 13 copies, 1 review
Poems of Lewis Carroll (1973) 12 copies
Twinkle Twinkle Little Bat (1998) 11 copies
Rimas do país das maravilhas (1996) 10 copies, 1 review
Enigmi e giochi matematici (1998) 10 copies
Alicia En El Pais De Las Maravillas (2007) 9 copies, 1 review
Doublets (2017) 9 copies
Oeuvres de Lewis Carroll, tome 1 (1989) 9 copies, 1 review
Poems (1986) 9 copies, 1 review
Alice in Wonderland (A Marvel classic edition) (1978) — Original Story — 8 copies, 1 review
Unspeakable Verse (1996) 8 copies
Lewis Carroll 8 copies
Alice in Wonderland (Easy reader) (1997) 8 copies, 1 review
Alice im Wunderland (1993) 7 copies
Humpty Dumpty (1997) 7 copies
Alice i Underlandet (1979) 6 copies
Verses from Alice (1973) 6 copies
Alice in Wonderland (2017) 5 copies
Alice in Wonderland: The Vampire Slayer (2013) 5 copies, 1 review
Alice 5 copies
Alice imedemaal (2018) 5 copies
Great Poems for Children (2012) — Author — 5 copies
Logica fantastica (1999) 4 copies
Letters: v. 1 (1979) 4 copies
Novelty and Romancement (1856) 4 copies
Caixa Alice + Alice (2015) 4 copies
Alicia en el País de las Maravillas (1978) 4 copies, 1 review
The adventures of Alice in Wonderland (1987) — Author — 4 copies
ALICE NO PAIS DAS MARAVILHAS — Author — 4 copies
Las aventuras de Alicia (2017) 4 copies
A pequena Alice (2000) 4 copies
Contro la vivisezione (1999) 4 copies
Wonderland Tales (2014) 4 copies
ALICE - BOX (2023) 4 copies
Lettre d'anniversaire (1982) 4 copies
Alice, Dorothy & Wendy (2020) 3 copies
Alice (2015) 3 copies
Alice: Playing Card Collection (2003) 3 copies, 1 review
Sylvie ve Bruno (2019) 3 copies
Alice Pleasance Liddell (2016) — Author — 3 copies
Alice's Birthday Book (1980) 3 copies
Alice Harikalar Ulkesinde (2015) 2 copies
A caça ao turpente — Author — 2 copies
The Rectory Magazine (1850) — Author — 2 copies
Syzygies and Lanrick (2013) 2 copies
Tout Alice 2 copies
Alice (2012) 2 copies
Köpan Avi (2021) 2 copies
Alice für Kinder (2014) 2 copies
Alice im Wunderland (1990) 2 copies
Lobster Quadrille (1989) 2 copies
Alice in Wonderland (1973) 2 copies
I garbugli del reverendo (2002) 2 copies
Lili et son portrait (1965) 2 copies
Exeunt Alice (2009) 2 copies, 1 review
Alícia per a infants (2015) 2 copies
Sylvie a Bruno (1996) 1 copy
Alice Aynadan Içeri (2020) 1 copy
Cartas a niñas (1987) 1 copy
Alisa u zemlji čuda (1990) 1 copy
ALICIA 1 copy, 1 review
A New Puzzle 1 copy
Queen Alice 1 copy
Alicinte Albhuthalokam — Author — 1 copy
150 Limericks (2019) 1 copy
Alice no país das maravilhas — Author — 1 copy
ALICIA EN EL PAIS DE LAS...C.Siempre (2010) — Author — 1 copy
Alimentar el intelecto 1907 — Author — 1 copy
ALICE NO PAÍS DAS MARAVILHAS - 2 — Author — 1 copy
Easy Classics: Alice in Wonderland — Author — 1 copy
Matemáqtica demente — Author — 1 copy
Alice Através do Espelho — Author — 1 copy
ALICIA EN EL PAIS DE ... Terramar (2010) — Author — 1 copy
Alice in tara minunilor — Author — 1 copy
Alice no país das maravilhas 69 — Author — 1 copy
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland — Author — 1 copy
Rhyme? 1 copy
La caza del carualo (2016) 1 copy
Alice nel paese delle meraviglie — Author — 1 copy
Poemas (2015) 1 copy
A Liddell Family Album (1973) 1 copy, 1 review
Peake's Alice (2001) 1 copy
Miscellaneous Pieces (2008) 1 copy
La caverne du magicien (2009) 1 copy
Isa visite Oxford (1988) 1 copy
Poetry All Kids Love (2010) 1 copy
Zamotaný příběh (2001) 1 copy
The Bellman's Map 1 copy, 1 review
La Canne du Destin (2013) 1 copy
Alice Meets Humpty Dumpty 1 copy, 1 review
Alice 1 copy
Facts 1 copy
Lettres illustrées (2000) 1 copy
Russian Alices (2016) 1 copy
Alice Csodaorszg̀ban (2006) 1 copy
Cara Alice 1 copy
Alice (2010) 1 copy
ALICA V KRAJINE ZÁZRAKOV (1966) 1 copy, 1 review
Alice no País das Maravilhas — Author — 1 copy
Explor 6 Looking Glass (2015) 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name
Carroll, Lewis
Legal name
Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge
Other names
An Unendowed Researcher
C.L.D.
Oedipus
Birthdate
1832-01-27
Date of death
1898-01-14
Gender
male
Education
Rugby School, Rugby, England, UK
Christ Church, Oxford
Occupations
writer
mathematician
photographer
logician
cleric
artist
Organizations
Church of England
Christ Church College, Oxford
Relationships
Fox, Alice Wilson (cousin)
Collingwood, Stuart Dodgson (nephew)
Ruskin, John (friend)
Kitchin, G. W. (friend)
Short biography
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name, Lewis Carroll, was an 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.
Cause of death
pneumonia
Nationality
UK
Birthplace
Daresbury, Cheshire, England, UK
Places of residence
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Whitburn Sands, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
Place of death
Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
Burial location
Mount Cemetery, Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
Map Location
England, UK
Disambiguation notice
**Please do not combine "Alicia in Terra Mirabili" and "Aliciae Per Speculum Transitus" with the modern-language versions of these books. They fall under the dead language exception to the usual combining of different translations. Thanks!
**Please exercise extreme caution in merging pop-up books with the main work: in most cases, they should not be combined.
**Please do not combine The Annotated Alice with any of the "normal" Alice editions, nor the Annotated Snark with the Hunting of the Snark.
**Please also do not combine The Annotated Alice with The Annotated Alice : The Definitive Edition as the latter contains both The Annotated Alice, More Annotated Alice, and additional material. Thanks!

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Reviews

1,528 reviews
What better book to read as we begin Pisces season (with a new moon, no less) than Lewis Carroll’s classic tale of whimsy and wonder: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Obviously I’ve read this book (and its sequel) a number of times and seen not just a few film, theatre, and illustrated adaptations, but when I finally scooped a thrifted copy of Arthur Rackham’s illustrated version for my collection I had to fall down the rabbit hole with Alice once again. Tenniel may have been the show more first to illustrate Carroll’s madcap story of this small girl’s mad adventures in Wonderland, but I always liked Rackham’s second generation illustrations better. His compositions are of unexpected passages from the story, and take on a more active and unique perspective due to the challenge he has set himself. None is more vivid than the explosion of the playing card court as Alice rebels against the judgement of the Red Queen’s court, and we can easily hear her frustrated cry of “Who cares for you?... You’re nothing but a pack of cards!” that precipitates their feeble but dream-breaking attack. But we’re getting ahead of ourselves, and letting the end come before the beginning - which we’re sure Carroll would allow, since he makes clear throughout his whimsical narrative that sequencing in order means little, and the adventurous journey trumps all. This particular edition presents a facsimile of the original 1907 Rackham publication in style and layout, and does a decent job throughout. The text is presented with ample margins, in which occasionally appears image captions, taking the reader quickly and easily through Alice’s story from her boredom in the meadow, down the rabbit hole, and through a myriad of encounters with the denizens of Wonderland. Interspersed are a smattering of black and white sketches that showcase Rackham’s skill with linework, texture, and composition, as well as a selection of his classic full-colour illustrations in tea-stained tones. Rackham may have utilised a typically muted Victorian colour palette here, but the unique perspective, careful use of depth, and lively compositions makes each image come to life with a dreamlike quality that suits the story quite well. Alice’s journey is revealed to be a dream, after all, if we choose to believe that Carroll is giving away the story quite that easily, and the washed out quality contrasts the realistic linework to create a softly whimsical juxtaposition that is just steps away from reality. As much as I adore the many colourful iterations of Alice that came with later artists’ renditions (Disney has a particularly sticky-sweet charm and I can’t help but love Tim Burton’s mad-cap tonality), Rackham’s naturalistic Alice who treads the borderline of the real world will always be my favourite. show less
Someone defined a classic as a book that, when you read it for the first time, you have the sensation of rereading. I knew Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland for most of my life without having read it. The book, it turns out, is as delightfully strange as its adaptations. What I couldn’t anticipate was its dreamlike calm. The antic zaniness of the film and stage productions finds hardly any parallel here. Alice, a logician’s creation, confronts the nonsense around her with earnest rigor. show more I hope this is the first of many discoveries in many (more) rereadings to come. show less
A fifth of a loaf is better than none, right?

This is Graham Ovenden's collection of photographs by Lewis Carroll of Henry George Liddell's family. Or, rather, three of his family. That's about a fifth....

There are sixteen photos in all. Set aside the one photo of Charles Dodgson (Carroll), and they are all photos of the daughters of Dean Liddell. That leaves fifteen photos of one or another Liddell. There are ten which feature Alice Liddell (five of Alice alone, five group shots); eight of show more Alice's older sister Lorina (three of Lorina alone, five group shots); six of their little sister Edith (two of Edith along, four group shots) -- and one shot of Harry Liddell, the older brother, with his three sisters. That's it. None of the other siblings (sisters Rhoda and Violet and a slew of brothers). None of Dean Liddell himself, and none of his wife Lorina (for whom Alice's sister Lorina was named). Nor photos of the spouses of the various children, nor the children's children, nor of their friends, homes, or any other part of their lives. Nor do we see, for instance, Julia Margaret Cameron's photographs of Alice (even though Ovenden had access to at least some of them, since he published them in a book containing one of Cameron's photo collections). We don't even see Dodgson's photos of Alice and Lorina from after the 1860s.

Many of these photos are common (you'd have to try very hard not to have see Dodgson's photo of Alice as "The Beggar Maid"). Some are rarely printed but accessible. There is only one -- of Alice and Lorina -- that I had never seen before. To assure that they are presented in the best possible way, they're printed on good high-quality paper, so the prints will look a lot better than what you'll find in a lot of books about Dodgson. So it would not be unfair to call this the "Best of Dodgson's Photos of the Liddell Girls." If what you want is just the three girls, as pre-teens, it's fine. Although be aware that the photos are without context -- they aren't even given their proper titles.

If you want a real Liddell Family Album, though, this isn't it. Too many family members are left out. You'll get much more in the biographies of Dodgson or of Alice, or even in some of the sale catalogs of Alice/Dodgson memorabilia. (The 2001 Sotheby's catalog is probably the best, since it actually has photos of Alice after the age of twenty!) If I sound irked, it's because I am. This is a perfectly good, if thin, little book. But a Liddell Family Album it is not.
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The last time that I read these books I remember finding them extremely confusing and borderline unreadable due to the constantly shifting narrative, but this time around they seemed a lot more straightforward. Obviously the story hasn't changed, but maybe my acceptance of Alice's mad-cap adventure dream has. I still can't say that I'm a huge fan of these stories, because there doesn't seem to be much of a point by the end (except in adventuring), but I very much appreciate the strange show more humour and whimsy that Carroll wrote into the stories. It takes a mad sort to write this kind of book, and an even mad-er public to embrace it completely, so we must be living in a mad, mad world indeed! show less

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