The Story of Alice
Download or Read eBook The Story of Alice PDF written by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Robert Douglas-Fairhurst |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 497 |
Release | : 2015 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780674967793 |
ISBN-13 | : 0674967798 |
Rating | : 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Story of Alice by : Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
Book excerpt: Robert Douglas-Fairhurst illuminates two entangled lives: the Oxford mathematician Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) and Alice Liddell, the child for whom he invented the Alice stories. This relationship influenced Carroll’s imaginative creation of Wonderland—a sheltered world apart during the stormy transition from the Victorian to the modern era