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Lewis Carroll 1832 - 1898. Lewis Carroll  The name Lewis Carroll came from the original names Lutwidge and Charles  So, his real name isn’t Lewis Carroll,

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1 Lewis Carroll 1832 - 1898

2 Lewis Carroll  The name Lewis Carroll came from the original names Lutwidge and Charles  So, his real name isn’t Lewis Carroll, it is Charles Lutwidge Dodgson or Mr. Dodgson

3 Lewis Carroll  Lewis Carroll grew up in Oxford, England

4 Lewis Carroll  Born in 1832  Studied Mathematics  Made the family magazine at a young age  Wrote Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland while teaching at Oxford school in 1865  Often gave books to little girls in the hospital to cheer them up

5 How Alice in Wonderland began  Lewis Carroll was a lecturer in Maths and Logic in Oxford.  Each day he looked out his window to a park where Alice Liddell, the dean’s daughter, and her sisters played.  Occasionally, Lewis, Alice, and her sisters went on boat rides together and Lewis made up stories.  One day, Alice asked to write these stories down. Alice Liddell Stream for boat rides

6  Written in 1865.  First published in 1865  Became a huge success.  There are numerous stage, film and television adaptations produced over the years including the sequel Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. How Alice in Wonderland began

7 Through the Looking Glass  Started writing in June, 1868  Published in 1871  By the time of Lewis Carroll’s death, Alice had become the most popular children's book in England, and by 1932 it was one of the most popular in the world. Guildford Castle Secret Garden

8 BOOKS & Poems BOOKS & Poems by LEWIS CARROLL Fiction  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland  The Hunting of the Snark  Through the Looking Glass Poetry  How Doth The Little Crocodile...  Jabberwocky  The Lobster-quadrille  The Voice Of The Lobster  The Walrus And The Carpenter

9  Dodgson is also remembered as a fine photographer of children and of adults as well. Portraits of the actress Ellen Terry, the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson, the poet-painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and many others have survived and have been often reproduced. Lewis Carroll - photographer


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