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CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON


Having just seen Tim Burton's recent cinematic epic 'Alice in Wonderland'.  It got me thinking about the writer and author of 'Alice in Wonderland', 'Through the Looking Glass', and 'The Hunting of the Snark'.  Known to everyone has Lewis Carroll. The pen name/writing name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson.  Dodgson was actually an accomplished Photographer.  Taking many portraits of Alice Hargreaves in the period 1856-59 (the inspiration for Alice,  in Alice in Wonderland).

Dodgson was born in 1832.  The first edition of 'Alice in Wonderland' was published in 1865.  'Through the Looking Glass' was published in 1871. 'The Hunting of the Snark' was published in 1876.

There was some controversy surrounding Dodgson's photography, eventually he gave this up and concentrated upon his writing.  He died in 1898.  The grave of Alice Hargreaves is located in the grounds of St.Michael and All Angels Church in Lyndhurst, in the New Forest, Hampshire, England.

Some quotes from Lewis Carroll:  'No good fish goes anywhere without a porpoise'.  'But I don't want to go among mad people; said Alice. 'Oh, you can't help that, said the cat. 'We're all mad here'.


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