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Book SynopsisLewis Carroll's real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. He was born on 27th January 1832 at Daresbury in Cheshire. He studied at Christ Church, Oxford University and later became a mathematics lecturer there. He wrote
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and
Through the Looking Glass (1872) for the daughters of the Dean of Christ Church. He was very fond of puzzles and some readers have found mathematical jokes and codes hidden in his Alice books. His other works include
Phantasmagoria and Other Poems (1869),
The Hunting of the Snark (1876),
Rhyme? And Reason? (1882),
The Game of Logic (1887) and
Sylvie and Bruno (1889, 1893). Dodgson was also an influential photographer. He died on 14th January 1898.
Trade ReviewA book of wonder and nonsense laced with lethal wit * Guardian *
Without these two books in my childhood I doubt whether my imagination would have developed at all -- Kate Atkinson
A marvellous confidence in the primacy of the imagination -- Will Self
Two nightmare destinations. Wonderland and Looking Glass. The more I read these books, the darker they shine.. Carroll operates on language like a cruel, crazy surgeon -- Jeff Noon
Precise, dream-like, subversive -- Quentin Blake * Independent on Sunday *
