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Insightful voyage into Carroll's Victorian social orbit.

If the enigmatic allure of Lewis Carroll has ever piqued your curiosity, "Lewis Carroll: The Man and His Circle" could provide a comprehensive and nuanced perspective. Edward Wakeling's meticulous research, drawn from an extensive and largely unpublished correspondence, challenges previous narratives and delves deeply into Carroll's relationships with the Victorian elite, rather than focusing solely on his interactions with children. This biography promises to unravel myths and furnish a detailed understanding of both the author and the man, Carroll, beyond the nonsensical rhymes and adventures of Alice.

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Lewis Carroll : The Man and his Circle

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ISBN: 9781780768205
Authors: Edward Wakeling
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Date of Publication: 2015-01-28
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs, History
Goodreads rating: 4.17
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Bestselling author, pioneering photographer, mathematical don and writer of nonsense verse, Lewis Carroll remains a source of continuing fascination. Though many have sought to understand this complex man he remains for many an enigma. Now leading international authority, Edward Wakeling, offers his unique appraisal of the man born Charles Dodgson but whom the world knows best as Lewis Carroll, author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. This new biography of Carroll presents a fresh appraisal based upon his social circle. Contrary to the claims of many previous authors, Carroll's circle was not child his correspondence was enormous, numbering almost 100,000 items at the time of his death, and included royalty and many of the leading artists, illustrators, publishers, academics, musicians and composers of the Victorian era. Edward Wakeling draws upon his personal database of nearly 6,000 letters, mostly never before published, to fill the gaps left by earlier biographies and resolve some of the key myths that surround Lewis Carroll, such as his friendships with children and his drug-taking.Meticulously researched and based upon a lifetime's study of the man and his work, this important new work will be essential reading for scholars and admirers of one of the key authors of the Victorian age.
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Insightful voyage into Carroll's Victorian social orbit.

If the enigmatic allure of Lewis Carroll has ever piqued your curiosity, "Lewis Carroll: The Man and His Circle" could provide a comprehensive and nuanced perspective. Edward Wakeling's meticulous research, drawn from an extensive and largely unpublished correspondence, challenges previous narratives and delves deeply into Carroll's relationships with the Victorian elite, rather than focusing solely on his interactions with children. This biography promises to unravel myths and furnish a detailed understanding of both the author and the man, Carroll, beyond the nonsensical rhymes and adventures of Alice.