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
Speak in French when you can't think of English for a thing-turn out your toes when you walk-and remember who you are!
I said it in Hebrew - I said it in Dutch - / I said it in German and Greek; / But I wholly forgot (and it vexes me much) / That English is what you speak!
'Begin at the beginning,' the King said, very gravely, 'and go on till you come to the end: then stop.'
But I was thinking of a way To multiply by ten, And always, in the answer, get The question back again.
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.
Speak English!' said the Eaglet. 'I don't know the meaning of half those long words, and I don't believe you do either!
And thick and fast they came at last, / And more, and more, and more.
Or madly squeeze a right-hand foot / Into a left-hand shoe.
Everything has got a moral if you can only find it.
Do cats eat bats? - Do bats eat cats?
Courtesy while you're thinking what to say. It saves time.
It frequently breakfasts at five-o'clock tea, And dines on the following day