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
They lived at the bottom of a well - . . . They lived on treacle.
'Begin at the beginning,' the King said, very gravely, 'and go on till you come to the end: then stop.'
How doth the little crocodile / Improve his shining tail, / And pour the waters of the Nile,/ On every golden scale!
Child of the pure, unclouded brow And dreaming eyes of wonder! Though time be fleet and I and thou Are half a life asunder, Thy loving smile will surely hail The love-gift of a fairy tale
If everybody minded their own business,"" the Duchess said in a hoarse growl, ""the world would go round a deal faster than it does
''If everybody minded their own business,'' the Duchess said in a hoarse growl, ''the world would go round a deal faster than it does.''
He's an Anglo-Saxon Messenger - and those are Anglo-Saxon attitudes.
In the midst of the word he was trying to say / In the midst of his laughter and glee, / He had softly and suddenly vanished away - / For the Snark was a Boojum, you see.
In another moment Alice was through the glass, and had jumped lightly down into the Looking-glass room
I know what you're thinking about, but it isn't so, nohow. Contrarywise, if it was so, it might be, and if it were so, it would be. But, as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic.
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.
The horror of that moment,"" the King went on, ""I shall never, never forget!"" ""You will, though,"" the Queen said, ""if you don't make a memorandum of it
But I was thinking of a way To multiply by ten, And always, in the answer, get The question back again.