Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - World Literature Library

Author: Carroll
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: The author of this book, Lewis Carroll, is the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a British mathematician and logician. Carroll was born in 1832, and his early life was marked by poverty and hardship. However, he was a diligent student from a young age and attended Richmond School in Yorkshire, as well as Rugby and Oxford. Carroll had a deep love for literature and read extensively, beginning to write at the age of twelve. In 1850, he was admitted to Christ Church College at the University of Oxford. In 1854, he was appointed as a mathematics lecturer after excelling in his final mathematics exams, a position he held until his retirement. The story is distinguished by its rich imagination, filled with various strange and fantastical elements. Yet, readers do not find it absurd; instead, the story is captivating at every turn, sparking great interest. The author maintained a childlike heart throughout the creative process, pouring a great deal of genuine emotion into the story, especially in portraying the main character, Alice, as lively, adorable, and vividly relatable. This author's boundless imagination, innocent heart, and elegant writing style may be the reasons why the work has remained charming for over a century since its publication.