Lewis Carroll

1832 - 1898 *

British author of unlikely mathematical descent.

Born in Daresbury, Cheshire, one of 11 children. Even at a mature age, he retained a childlike joy in the absurd. He loved writing stories about the absurd, and he mastered the art of divining a logical procedure from seemingly illogical nonsense.

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The New and Late Poems of Lewis Carroll -- Examines the difference between the early and late works of Lewis Carroll.
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"You are old, Father William," the young man said,
"And your hair has become very white;
And yet you incessantly stand on your head--
Do you think, at your age, it is right?" -- Alice in Wonderland. Chap. v.

Lewis (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) Carroll

"Tut, tut, child," said the Duchess. "Everything's got a moral if only you can find it." -- Alice in Wonderland. Chap. viii.

Lewis (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) Carroll

Take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of themselves. -- Alice in Wonderland. Chap. ix.

Lewis (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) Carroll

"Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with," the Mock Turtle replied, "and the different branches of Arithmetic--Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision." -- Alice in Wonderland. Chap. x.

Lewis (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) Carroll

'T was brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe. -- Through the Looking-glass. Chap. i.

Lewis (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) Carroll

He chortled in his joy. -- Through the Looking-glass. Chap. i.

Lewis (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) Carroll

"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--
Of cabbages--and kings--
And why the sea is boiling hot--
And whether pigs have wings. -- Through the Looking-glass. Chap. iii.

Lewis (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) Carroll

As large as life and twice as natural. -- Through the Looking-glass. Chap. vii.

Lewis (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) Carroll

Additional searches

Carroll at Encarta Encyclopedia

Carroll at Britannica Encyclopedia

Carroll at Xrefer.com