alice's adventures in wonderland and other stories

In his later years, Carroll suffered from migraines and may have experienced epileptic seizures. He suffered childhood illnesses that left him with a weak chest and deaf in one ear. Charles Junior was the fourth of twelve children, and the eldest son. The elder Charles Dodgson had studied mathematics at Christ Church, Oxford, and could have parlayed his mathematical gifts into an academic career, but chose instead the life of a country parson. The men of his family usually became army officers or Church of England clergymen, and his father had taken the latter option. He was born on January 17, 1832, in the parsonage of Daresbury, in Cheshire. Finally, Sylvie and Bruno and Sylvie and Bruno Concluded reprint Carroll’s little known fairy novel, which blurs the lines between dreams and reality, and pivots away from both Alice and Victorian novel conventions.Ĭarroll’s early life influenced his work in myriad ways.

A Tangled Tale showcases the author’s mathematical skills and love of games of logic. Carroll highlighted human foibles in his work, but this was never done in a mean-spirited fashion. Novelty and Romancement, Photographer’s Day Out, The Legend of Scotland, and Wilhelm Von Schmitz are all early short stories that provide small doses of Carroll’s comic sensibilities, love of puns, and good-natured observations on the shortcomings of his fellow man. This anthology features the Alice stories as well as a selection of lesser-known works that introduce the modern reader to different facets of this prolific and unusual author. His fantastic work is known for its nonsense verse, logic, wit, and wordplay. Today he is viewed as somewhat eccentric but in many respects he was the consummate Victorian gentleman, very much a product of his conservative, yet simultaneously modernizing, era. Carroll was also a specialist in mathematical logic, an accomplished photographer, and a practicing Anglican deacon.

Lewis Carroll, the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, was a Victorian writer best known for his children’s story, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, both of which are reprinted in this anthology.

Alice's adventures in wonderland and other stories