1. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
By Lewis Carroll
1865

2. Lewis Carroll Pseudonym, Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
Born, January 27, 1832
Died, January 14, 1898
Very Talented
Writer
Mathematician
Anglican Deacon
Photographer

3. Christ Church College Oxford, England

4. 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

5. 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

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

7. Alice Liddell was his inspiration

8. 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

9. Two Books in Collection
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, 1865
Through the Looking-Glass, 1871

10. 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

11. Modern Adaptations Jefferson Airplane, 1967, White Rabbit
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1933, 1951, 2010