{"product_id":"2940016452968","title":"The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (Rev. C. L. Dodgson)","description":"This edition features\u003cbr\u003e • illustrations\u003cbr\u003e • a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003ePREFACE\u003cbr\u003eLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I (1832 — 1850) Lewis Carroll's forebears — The Bishop of Elphin — Murder of Captain Dodgson — Daresbury — Living in \"Wonderland\" — Croft — Boyish amusements — His first school-Latin verses — A good report — He goes to Rugby — The Rectory Umbrella — \"A Lay of Sorrow \"\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II (1850 — 1860) Matriculation at Christ Church — Death of Mrs. Dodgson — The Great Exhibition — University and College Honours — A wonderful year — A theatrical treat — Misch-Masch — The Train — College Rhymes — His nom de plume — \"Dotheboys Hall\" — Alfred Tennyson — Ordination — Sermons — A visit to Farringford — \"Where does the day begin?\" — The Queen visits Oxford\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III (1861 — 1867) Jowett — Index to \"In Memoriam\" — The Tennysons — The beginning of \"Alice\" — Tenniel — Artistic friends — \"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland\" — \"Bruno's Revenge\" — Tour with Dr. Liddon — Cologne — Berlin architecture — The \"Majesty of Justice\" — Peterhof — Moscow — A Russian wedding — Nijni — The Troitska Monastery — \"Hieroglyphic\" writing — Giessen\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV (1868 — 1876) Death of Archdeacon Dodgson — Lewis Carroll's rooms at Christ Church — \"Phantasmagoria\" — Translations of \"Alice\" — \"Through the Looking-Glass\" — \"Jabberwocky\" in Latin — C.S. Calverley — \"Notes by an Oxford Chiel\" — Hatfield — Vivisection — \"The Hunting of the Snark\"\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V (1877 — 1883) Dramatic tastes — Miss Ellen Terry — \"Natural Science at Oxford\" — Mr. Dodgson as an artist — Miss E.G. Thomson — The drawing of children — A curious dream — \"The Deserted Parks\" — \"Syzygies\" — Circus children — Row-loving undergraduates — A letter to The Observer — Resignation of the Lectureship — He is elected Curator of the Common Room — Dream-music.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI (1883 — 1887) \"The Profits of Authorship\" — \"Rhyme? and Reason?\" — The Common Room Cat — Visit to Jersey — Purity of elections — Parliamentary Representation — Various literary projects — Letters to Miss E. Rix — Being happy — \"A Tangled Tale\" — Religious arguments — The \"Alice\" Operetta — \"Alice's Adventures Underground\" — \"The Game of Logic\" — Mr. Harry Furniss.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII (1888 — 1891) A systematic life — \"Memoria Technica\" — Mr. Dodgson's shyness — \"A Lesson in Latin\" — The \"Wonderland\" Stamp-Case — \"Wise Words about Letter-Writing\" — Princess Alice — \"Sylvie and Bruno\" — \"The night cometh\" — \"The Nursery 'Alice'\" — Coventry Patmore — Telepathy — Resignation of Dr. Liddell — A letter about Logic.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VIII (1892 — 1896) Mr. Dodgson resigns the Curatorship — Bazaars — He lectures to children — A mechanical \"Humpty Dumpty\" — A logical controversy — Albert Chevalier — \"Sylvie and Bruno Concluded\" — \"Pillow Problems\" — Mr. Dodgson's generosity — College services — Religious difficulties — A village sermon — Plans for the future — Reverence — \"Symbolic Logic\"\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IX (1897 — 1898) Logic-lectures — Irreverent anecdotes — Tolerance of his religious views — A mathematical discovery — \"The Little Minister\" — Sir George Baden-Powell — Last illness — \"Thy will be done\" — \"Wonderland\" at last! — Letters from friends — \"Three Sunsets\" — \"Of such is the kingdom of Heaven\"\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER X CHILD FRIENDS Mr. Dodgson's fondness for children — Miss Isabel Standen — Puzzles — \"Me and Myself\" — A double acrostic — \"Father William\" — Of drinking healths — Kisses by post — Tired in the face — The unripe plum — Eccentricities — \"Sylvie and Bruno\" — Mr. Dodgson is going on well\"\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XI THE SAME — continued. Books for children — \"The Lost Plum-Cake\" — \"An Unexpected Guest\" — Miss Isa Bowman — Interviews — \"Matilda Jane\" — Miss Edith Rix — Miss Kathleen Eschwege\u003cbr\u003eBIBLIOGRAPHY\u003cbr\u003eFOOTNOTES\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"VolumesOfValue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47101452124400,"sku":"2940016452968","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940016452968_p0.jpg?v=1763636174","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016452968","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}