Lewis Carroll
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Lewis Carroll [pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832-1898) , English author, mathematician, and Anglican clergyman wrote Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865); Either the well was very deep, or she fell very slowly, for she had plenty of time as she went down to look about her and to wonder what was going to happen next….then she looked at the sides of the well, and noticed that they were filled with cupboards and book-shelves; here and there she saw maps and pictures hung upon pegs.
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Charles Lutwidge Dodgson ( / ˈ tʃ ɑr l z ˈ l ʌ t w ɪ dʒ ˈ d ɒ dʒ s ən / CHARLZ LUDT -wij DOJ -sən ; [ 1 ] [ 2 ] 27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by the pseudonym Lewis Carroll ( /ˈkærəl/ KARR -əl ), was an English author, mathematician , logician , Anglican deacon and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass , as well as the poems " The Hunting of the Snark " and " Jabberwocky ", all examples of the genre of literary nonsense .
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland ) is an 1865 novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll . [ 1 ] It tells of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world ( Wonderland ) populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures. The tale plays with logic , giving the story lasting popularity with adults as well as children. [ 2 ] It is considered to be one of the best examples of the literary nonsense genre, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and its narrative course and structure have been enormously influential, [ 3 ] especially in the fantasy genre. Chapter 1 – Down the Rabbit Hole : Alice is feeling bored while sitting on the riverbank with her sister, when she notices a talking, clothed White Rabbit with a pocket watch run past. She follows it down a rabbit hole when suddenly she falls a long way to a curious hall with many locked doors of all sizes.
