Lewis Carroll Among His Books

Lewis Carroll Among His Books
Author: Charlie Lovett
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2015-01-09
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1476609411

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson--known better by his pseudonym, Lewis Carroll--was a 19th century English logician, mathematician, photographer, and novelist. He is especially remembered for his children's tale Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking Glass. By the time of Dodgson's death in 1898, Alice (the integration of the two volumes) had become the most popular children's book in England. By the time of his centenary in 1932, it was perhaps the most famous in the world. This book presents a complete catalogue of Dodgson's personal library, with attention to every book the author is known to have owned or read. Alphabetized entries fully describe each book, its edition, its contents, its importance, and any particular relevance it might have had to Dodgson. The library not only provides a plethora of fodder for further study on Dodgson, but also reflects the Victorian world of the second half of the 19th century, a time of unprecedented investigation, experimentation, invention, and imagination. Dodgson's volumes represent a vast array of academic interests from Victorian England and beyond, including homeopathic medicine, spiritualism, astrology, evolution, women's rights, children's literature, linguistics, theology, eugenics, and many others. The catalogue is designed for scholars seeking insight into the mind of Charles Dodgson through his books.

London, Past and Present

London, Past and Present
Author: Henry Benjamin Wheatley
Publisher:
Total Pages: 596
Release: 1891
Genre: London (England)
ISBN:

Based upon the Handbook of London, by the late Peter Cunningham.

Publisher and Bookseller

Publisher and Bookseller
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1598
Release: 1880
Genre: Bibliography
ISBN:

Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.

The Spectator

The Spectator
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1268
Release: 1835
Genre: English literature
ISBN:

A weekly review of politics, literature, theology, and art.