The story of Alice : Lewis Carroll and the secret history of Wonderland
Douglas-Fairhurst, Robert2016
Book
Drawing on previously unpublished material, this work illuminates the tangled history of two lives and two books, examining the peculiar friendship between Oxford mathematician Charles Dodgson, Lewis Carroll, and Alice Liddell, the child for whom he invented the Alice stories. It analyses how their relationship influenced the creation of Wonderland, how the two Alice books took on an unstoppable cultural momentum in the Victorian era, and why 150 years later they continue to enthrall and delight us.
Main title:
The story of Alice : Lewis Carroll and the secret history of Wonderland / Robert Douglas-Fairhurst.
Author:
Douglas-Fairhurst, Robert, author
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2016.London : Vintage, 2016.
Collation:
488 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: Harvill Secker, 2015.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780099594031 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.8823.8 DOU
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2272493