We would certainly not now know Dodgson as a photographer or clergyman. But we do now under his pen name of Lewis Carroll, as the author of Alice in Wonderland (1865) and Alice Through the Looking Glass (1871). These are two of the most notable books in both children’s and adult literature.
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Join Us Online or Live in My Class. “We are All Mad Here,” Said the Cheshire Cat to Alice
You may be wondering, what sort of people will review the current online forum or come to this class? I hope to be able to answer this class after we journey through Wonderland with a fresh approach. We will at least find out what the Cheshire Cat advised Alice on that question. These books have fascinated me throughout my life, and I find them even more fascinating as a senior aged adult
My Adventures with Alice in Wonderland
The real and the fantasy Alice of Wonderland were educated in traditional upper-class 19th-century schools and taught to think using Victorian values and logic. Fantasy Alice is bored with the everyday sameness of this life and wants to experience something different. Though I am at a far later stage, I understand the necessity of wanting a change as I go through a new and uncharted life stage.
