By: Megan Reaugh and Caroline Miller Lewis Caroll By: Megan Reaugh and Caroline Miller

Biography Charles Lutwidge Dodgson Born January 27, 1832 and died January 14, 1898. His pen name became Lewis Carroll. We was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon, and photographer. From a young age Carroll wrote poetry and short stories that he would send to magazines. These magazine companies would publish his work and he loved believing he was famous.

What did Carroll do after his Childhood? Carroll was born in the little parsonage of Daresbury in Cheshire. He was the third child of the four and a half year old marriage. There were eight more kids after him. When Lewis was 11 years old the whole family moved to the spacious Rectory. This remained his home for the next twenty-five years. When Lewis was 12 he was sent away to a small private school in Richmond (now part of Richmond School). In 1851 Lewis went to Oxford (His father’s old college). After his experiences in Oxford he went off in the world and did his own thing. He wrote books, poems, and inspired a lot of people. On the side he was a photographer and a math professor.

Lewis Carroll

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll Selected Illustrations from more than 25 Classic Editions Compiled and Arranged by Cooper Edens Written in 1865. Published in November of 1989.

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland The tale was filled with allusions to Dodgson’s friends. The tale plays with your head by contradicting logic. The book is commonly called Alice in Wonderland (the abbreviated version). There are numerous stage, film and television adaptations produced over the years including the sequel Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There.

Symbolism The “Rabbit Hole” symbolized the actual stairs in the back of the main hall in Christ Church. Lewis Caroll and Reverend Robinson Duckworth rowed in a boat up the Thames River with 3 little girls (Lorina, Alice, and Edith Liddell). They were the daughters of Henry George Liddell the dean of Christ Church. Alice was the inspiration for the main character in this children’s book.

Alice Liddell Alice asked Lewis Caroll to entertain her and her sisters with a story. Lewis told of a story of a girl named Alice and her adventures after she fell into a rabbit hole. He had told this story to the girls many times before but this time Alice asked him to write it down for her. He promised to do so but hadn’t got around to it for a few months. He eventually presented her with the Manuscript of Alice’s Adventures Under Ground in November of 1864.

Alice Liddell (10 years old)

The Lobster Quadrille “Will you walk a little faster?” said a whiting to a snail, “There’s a porpoise close behind us, and he’s treading on my tail. See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance! They are waiting on the shingle—will you come and join the dance? Will you, won’t you, will you, won’t you, will you join the dance? Will you, won’t you, will you, won’t you, won’t you join the dance? “You can really have no notion how delightful it will be When they take us up and throw us, with the lobsters, out to sea!" But the snail replied, “Too far, too far!” and gave a look askance— Said he thanked the whiting kindly, but he would not join the dance. Would not, could not, would not, could not, would not join the dance. Would not, could not, would not, could not, could not join the dance. “What matters it how far we go?” his scaly friend replied. “There is another shore, you know, upon the other side. The further off from England the nearer is to France— Then turn not pale, beloved snail, but come and join the dance. Will you, won’t you, will you, won’t you, won’t you join the dance?”

Won’t You Join The Dance? Composed by: Neil Ginsberg This Song was based after the lobster quadrille in the book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. This is an upbeat song using the poem from the lobster quadrille and anyone who sings the song wants to dance!

Won’t You Join The Dance?

Jabberwocky (JUST FOR YOU OSHEA) 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!" He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought— So rested he by the Tumtum tree, And stood awhile in thought. And as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came! One, two! One, two! and through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back. "And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!“ He chortled in his joy. 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.

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