Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll 1865 http://www.the-office.com/bedtime-story/alice_lg.jpg

Lewis Carroll Pseudonym, Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson Born, January 27, 1832 Died, January 14, 1898 Very Talented Writer Mathematician Anglican Deacon Photographer http://www.lewiscarroll.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Young-Dodgson-in-Window.jpg

Christ Church College Oxford, England http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/images/quadaugust360.jpg

Awkward Around Adults Strict religious beliefs Stuttered Physical “deformities” Tall and skinny Weak chest Whooping cough Asymmetrical Deaf in one ear Left handed Stiff Knee injury http://www.jabberwock.co.uk/Mystery_Lewis_Carroll_UK_cover.jpg

Animated Around Children Shy and reserved around adults, but animated and lively around children Crippling stammer melted away in the company of children Created elaborately nonsensical stories Was the unofficial family entertainer for his younger sisters and brothers http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/alice/context.html http://www.billiesilvey.com/sitebuilder/images/louisa_4_children_w_lewis_carroll_1862-476x285.jpg

Lorina, Alice, and Edith Liddell 1856, Henry George Liddell, Dean Christ Church College Daughters became companions and favorite photographic subject

Alice Liddell was his inspiration http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Alice_Liddell.jpg

Parting Ways Early 1860s, break with the Liddell family led to speculation, but not scandal Inappropriate Behavior? Mrs. Liddell burned letters Or, had Alice simply changed? Adolescence—11? Death of youngest sister? The Real Alice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1n0EAVXgpw http://jp5.r0tt.com/l_6ecb6720-fde8-11e1-b462-7bc935100005.jpg

Two Books in Collection Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, 1865 Through the Looking-Glass, 1871 http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1bLiA2RdC7s/S2tp_5UIPyI/AAAAAAAABpE/FROecxkX4-A/s400/Alice+in+Wonderland.jpg http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20131018053206/onceuponatime8042/images/d/d9/InfoboxTTLG.jpg

Comparison Summer—outdoors Falls down a rabbit hole Card Game Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Through the Looking Glass Summer—outdoors Falls down a rabbit hole Card Game Winter—indoors Climbs through the mirror Chess Game Comparison

Modern Adaptations Jefferson Airplane, 1967, White Rabbit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WANNqr- vcx0 1933, 1951, 2010