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Lewis Carroll / Public domain
1856 self-portrait |
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson 1832-1898, better known as Lewis Carroll, somehow managed to turn his passion for mathematics into some of the best-loved works of children's literature of all time. His writing is characterized by complex wordplay, layered puns, a dream-like state of strict yet absurd logic, and a lot of satire that modern audiences would never pick up on without annotations. His best-known work is of course the
Alice duology, which contain characters, images, and lines that have thoroughly worked their way into the public consciousness and lexicon, and which people insist on doing a "dark," "creepy" version of every couple of years as though they were the first to think of it.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
The classic 1865 tale of a curious young girl who falls down a rabbit hole and finds a most strange land, peopled by White Rabbits, Caterpillars, Cheshire Cats, March Hares, Mad Hatters, Duchesses, and a whole deck of cards, and in which she learns that drinking strange unidentified liquids will probably turn out okay.
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