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Lewis Carroll

Born

in Daresbury, Cheshire, England

January 27, 1832

Died

January 14, 1898

Genre

Children's, Poetry, Fiction

Influences

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The Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman 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 considered to be within the genre of literary nonsense.

Oxford scholar, Church of England Deacon, University Lecturer in Mathematics and Logic, academic author of learned theses, gifted pioneer of portrait photography, colourful writer of imaginative genius and yet a shy and pedantic man, Lewis Carroll stands pre-eminent in the pantheon of inventive literary geniuses.

He also has works published under his re ...more

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	Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass 4.06 avg rating — 604,696 ratings — published 1871 — 2151 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Chris Riddell (Illustrator) 3.99 avg rating — 431,265 ratings — published 1865 — 14853 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #2) by Lewis Carroll, John Tenniel (Illustrator), Peter Glassman (Afterword) 4.01 avg rating — 142,789 ratings — published 1871 — 3801 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Other Stories 4.26 avg rating — 36,825 ratings — published 1982 — 163 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Stories and Poems 4.35 avg rating — 26,346 ratings — published 1884 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hunting of the Snark 4.02 avg rating — 6,861 ratings — published 1876 — 501 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jabberwocky and Other Poems 4.14 avg rating — 5,831 ratings — published 1964 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alice in Wonderland: The Complete Collection 4.23 avg rating — 5,172 ratings — published 1871 — 89 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alice in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass / The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll, Donald J. Gray (Editor) 4.02 avg rating — 3,263 ratings — published 1865 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alice's Adventures Under Ground (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #0) 4.06 avg rating — 2,519 ratings — published 1864 — 419 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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