Lewis Carroll
Lewis Carroll
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English writer, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon, and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, which includes the poem "Jabberwocky", and the poem The Hunting of the Snark, all examples of the genre of literary nonsense. He is noted for his facility at word play, logic, and fantasy. There are societies in many parts of the world dedicated to the...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth27 January 1832
CityDaresbury, England
It frequently breakfasts at five-o'clock tea, And dines on the following day
If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.
Courtesy while you're thinking what to say. It saves time.
But I was thinking of a way To multiply by ten, And always, in the answer, get The question back again.
Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with,"" the Mock Turtle replied, ""and then the different branches of Arithmetic Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision
I'm very brave generally, he went on in a low voice: only today I happen to have a headache.
One, two! One, two! and through and through / The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!/ He left it dead, and with its head / He went galumphing back.
The horror of that moment,"" the King went on, ""I shall never, never forget!"" ""You will, though,"" the Queen said, ""if you don't make a memorandum of it
He's an Anglo-Saxon Messenger - and those are Anglo-Saxon attitudes.
O Tiger-lily,' said Alice, addressing herself to one that was waving gracefully about in the wind, 'I wish you could talk!' 'We can talk,' said the Tiger-lily: 'when there's anybody worth talking to
The Duchess! The Duchess! Oh my dear paws! Oh my fur and whiskers!
Please, Ma' am, is this New Zealand or Australia?
'Begin at the beginning,' the King said, very gravely, 'and go on till you come to the end: then stop.'
Make a remark,' said the Red Queen; 'it's ridiculous to leave all the conversation to the pudding!