Lewis Carroll
Lewis Carroll
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, 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. There are societies in many parts of the world dedicated to the...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth27 January 1832
CityDaresbury, England
We called him Tortoise because he taught us.
Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.
If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.
The Duchess! The Duchess! Oh my dear paws! Oh my fur and whiskers!
The further off from England, the nearer is to France - / Then turn not pale, beloved snail, but come and join the dance.