The Resource The mystery of Lewis Carroll : discovering the whimsical, thoughtful and sometimes lonely man who created Alice in Wonderland, Jenny Woolf ; [foreword by Edward Wakeling]
The mystery of Lewis Carroll : discovering the whimsical, thoughtful and sometimes lonely man who created Alice in Wonderland, Jenny Woolf ; [foreword by Edward Wakeling]
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The item The mystery of Lewis Carroll : discovering the whimsical, thoughtful and sometimes lonely man who created Alice in Wonderland, Jenny Woolf ; [foreword by Edward Wakeling] represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Spokane Public Library.
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- x, 326 p.
- Contents
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- '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
- Isbn
- 9780312612986
- Label
- The mystery of Lewis Carroll : discovering the whimsical, thoughtful and sometimes lonely man who created Alice in Wonderland
- Title
- The mystery of Lewis Carroll
- Title remainder
- discovering the whimsical, thoughtful and sometimes lonely man who created Alice in Wonderland
- Statement of responsibility
- Jenny Woolf ; [foreword by Edward Wakeling]
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Woolf, Jenny
- Dewey number
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- 828/.809
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Carroll, Lewis
- Authors, English
- Mathematics teachers
- Mathematicians
- Photographers
- Children's stories
- Oxford (England)
- Label
- The mystery of Lewis Carroll : discovering the whimsical, thoughtful and sometimes lonely man who created Alice in Wonderland, Jenny Woolf ; [foreword by Edward Wakeling]
- Bibliography note
- 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
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- x, 326 p.
- Isbn
- 9780312612986
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
-
- ocn428026805
- 380061
- (OCoLC)428026805
- Label
- The mystery of Lewis Carroll : discovering the whimsical, thoughtful and sometimes lonely man who created Alice in Wonderland, Jenny Woolf ; [foreword by Edward Wakeling]
- Bibliography note
- 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
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- x, 326 p.
- Isbn
- 9780312612986
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
-
- ocn428026805
- 380061
- (OCoLC)428026805
Subject
- Biographies
- Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898
- Children's stories -- Authorship
- Mathematicians -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Authors, English -- 19th century -- Biography
- Oxford (England) -- Biography
- Photographers -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Mathematics teachers -- England | Oxford -- Biography
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