The Mystery of Lewis Carroll: Discovering the Whimsical, Thoughtful, and Sometimes Lonely Man Who Created Alice in Wonderland Contributor(s): Woolf, Jenny (Author), Wakeling, Edward (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 031267371X ISBN-13: 9780312673710 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin OUR PRICE: $21.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Literary Criticism | Children's & Young Adult Literature |
Dewey: B |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.90 lbs) 336 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In The Mystery of Lewis Carroll, Jenny Woolf brings to life the brilliant, secretive, and self-contradictory creator of Alice in Wonderland, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a.k.a. Lewis Carroll. Reveling in double meanings and puzzles, in his fiction and his life, Carroll always--at least in part--seemed hidden, unknowable. Woolf uses rarely-seen and recently discovered sources like Carroll's private bank account records, letters from the family of the real Alice Liddell and unpublished correspondence with Carroll's own relatives. In shining new light upon Carroll, Woolf sets this perennially fascinating man firmly in the context of the English Victorian age and tackles many of the questions that have persisted throughout the years. |
Contributor Bio(s): Woolf, Jenny: - JENNY WOOLF has written for The Sunday Times Magazine (UK), Reader's Digest, and Islands and has reviewed children's literature for Punch. She is author of Lewis Carroll in His Own Account. She lives in England. |