The Mystery of Lewis Carroll: Discovering the Whimsical, Thoughtful, and Sometimes Lonely Man Who Created Alice in Wonderland Book

A new biography of Lewis Carroll, just in time for the release of Tim Burtonâ??s all-star Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll was brilliant, secretive and self contradictory. He reveled in double meanings and puzzles, in his fiction and his life. Jenny Woolfâ??s The Mystery of Lewis Carroll shines a new light on the creator of Alice In Wonderland and brings to life this fascinating, but sometimes exasperating human being whom some have tried to hide. Using rarely-seen and recently discovered sources, such as Carrollâ??s accounts ledger and unpublished correspondence with the â??realâ? Aliceâ??s family, Woolf sets Lewis Carroll firmly in the context of the English Victorian age and answers many intriguing questions about the man who wrote the Alice books, such as: â?¢ Was it Alice or her older sister that caused him to break with the Liddell family? â?¢ How true is the gossip about pedophilia and certain adult women that followed him? â?¢ How true is the â??romantic secretâ? which many think ruined Carrollâ??s personal life? â?¢ Who caused Carroll major financial trouble and why did Carroll successfully conceal that personâ??s identity and actions? Woolf answers these and other questions to bring readers yet another look at one of the most elusive English writers the world has known. Read More