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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Woolf, Jenny.     Subjects     Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.     Authors, English -- 19th century -- Biography.     Mathematics teachers -- England -- Oxford -- Biography.     Mathematicians -- Great Britain -- Biography.     Photographers -- Great Britain -- Biography.     Children's stories -- Authorship.     Oxford (England) -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Woolf, Jenny.       by title:      The mystery of Lewis...       by call number:      921 C319wo     Search the Web     Woolf, Jenny.     Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.     Authors, English -- 19th century -- Biography.     Mathematics teachers -- England -- Oxford -- Biography.     Mathematicians -- Great Britain -- Biography.     Photographers -- Great Britain -- Biography.     Children's stories -- Authorship.     Oxford (England) -- Biography.       MARC Display

The mystery of Lewis Carroll : discovering the whimsical, thoughtful and sometimes lonely man who created Alice in Wonderland / Jenny Woolf ; [foreword by Edward Wakeling]. by Woolf, Jenny. St. Martin's Press, c2010. Call #: 921 C319wo Subjects Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.   Authors, English -- 19th century -- Biography.   Mathematics teachers -- England -- Oxford -- Biography.   Mathematicians -- Great Britain -- Biography.   Photographers -- Great Britain -- Biography.   Children's stories -- Authorship.   Oxford (England) -- Biography. ISBN:  9780312612986 0312612982 Edition:  1st U.S. ed. Description:  x, 326 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. [300]-317) and index. Contents:  'My father and mother were honest though poor-- ' : family -- 'You can do arithmetic, I trust?' : Oxford life -- 'Nose in the middle, mouth under' : the human body -- 'This strange wild man from other lands' : love and sex -- 'Children are three-fourths of my life' : children -- 'Child of the pure unclouded brow' : Alice -- 'That awful mystery' : religion and the supernatural -- 'And would you be a poet?' : literature and storytelling -- ' -- took the Camera of Rosewood' : photography -- 'He offered large discount, he offered a cheque' : money -- Appendix. Report of Dr Yvonne Hart on Carroll's neurological symptoms. Summary:  A portrait of the author of "Alice in Wonderland" analyzes contradictory aspects of his character, tapping recently discovered sources to set Carroll's life in the context of Victorian England, and assesses his financial difficulties and his relationship with the real Alice. Genre:  Biographies. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Captain William Spry Public Library Adult Biography 921 C319wo Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Biography 921 C319wo Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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