This book-entertaining for both adults and children-follows the fantastical Adventures of a little girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a nonsensical world full of peculiar creatures.
His books are among the most quoted works in the English language, and his influence (with that of his illustrator, Sir John Tenniel) can be seen everywhere, from the world of advertising to that of atomic physics..
The humor, sparkling wit and genius of this Victorian Englishman have lasted for more than a century.
Sylvie and Bruno, published toward the end of his life contains startling ideas including an 1889 description of weightlessness.
The Hunting of the Snark, a classic nonsense epic (1876) and Euclid and His Modern Rivals, a rare example of humorous work concerning mathematics, still entice and intrigue today\'s students.
The Alice books are but one example of his wide ranging authorship.
The equally popular sequel Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, was published in 1872.
As all Carroll admirers know, his book Alice\'s Adventures in Wonderland (1865), became an immediate success and has since been translated into more than eighty languages.
He was happiest in the company of children for whom he created puzzles, clever games, and charming letters.
About the Author: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, known by his pen name, Lewis Carroll, was a man of diverse interests - in mathematics, logic, photgraphy, art, theater, religion, medicine, and science.
She returns to that world six months later Through a mirror.
This book-entertaining for both adults and children-follows the fantastical Adventures of a little girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a nonsensical world full of peculiar creatures
