... wrote: what aspects of Dodgson's life you would like to see examined further. What, in your opinions, has been 'overdone'? And, finally, what advice...
Hi Lucy, that's a good question you ask and potentially v ery valuable work you might be doing. Don't think you are doing anything in vain. The trouble with...
... do enjoy reading your threads. However, I wanted to write in regards to the post that started with Matt, Kate, and Mike. I, for one, am very interested...
Great! I really want to thank you two for your ideas- they are very insightful. You both tapped into a couple of the main focuses of my work as well; his...
Correction- thank you THREE! I just read Mr. Buch's posting. I agree on your point about his level of skill, and interest, in mathematics. I have heard a...
Lucy, are you talking about basic research here or re-evaluation of known 'facts' or events? As Mike says most of the recent biographers have simply put their...
I think another area where you can dig up some new things is from his letters. There was a discussion here on a series of letters to Mary Brown. "Mary Brown...
Happy Birthday Alice! May you enjoy another happy summers day where you are now. Wonders being told in new tales, down the river in a golden afternoon....
Bryan, Alice Liddell was born at Westminster on 4th May 1852. 4th July 1862 was when CLD told the 'Alice' story at Oxford. Keith ... From: "Bryan Talbot"...
Hi' I have watched and read the postings regarding L.C. for a considerable time and am continually amazed at some of the strange - if not peculiar, ideas that...
That's lovely. Thanks Christian. Kate ... From: "Christian" <hortoninator@...> To: <lewiscarroll@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 4:59 AM ...
Anthony, taking your points in order:- His stammer did not disappear in the company of girls - Isa Bowman noted it as did others. He found young girls less...
Anthony, (this post did not get sent out although it is on the web site!) taking your points in order:- His stammer did not disappear in the company of girls -...
Bryan, it is one of the myths that his stammer disappeared but several girls mentioned it. I guess it would seem to be less when he was choosing the agenda. No...
Anthony, (this post did not get sent out although it is on the web site! Third attempt!) taking your points in order:- His stammer did not disappear in the...
I have been reading with interest the postings about whether there is room for a new Lewis Carroll biography, or has this been done to death. To me it is the...
Deb, Charles Dodgson was an odd ball there's no escaping from that! However, he lived among a lot of oddballs so he was among his own kind at Oxford. To call a...
... Don't be offended if I say this seems a slightly emotionally charged response!? Keith has already dealt with much of your original post. I can only add...
... lived in a country area and never went to school until he was 12.... Keith, you always raise interesting points. I don't know anything about the...
... anything that has ... Well, there was 'In the Shadow of the Dreamchild', and the three websites I mentioned earlier, and the work by Hugues Lebailly, Kate ...
... and ... that ... I don't think I really agree Jenny. I think kids at school tend to be every bit as subsumed into a group dynamic as kids in a large family...
Jenny, the Darbyshires lived in Morphany Hall just up the road from the Dodgsons. The idea that they looked after the children came from passed down memories. ...
... be ... family - ... I ... Strangely, Mike, this is exactly what I mean. I'm not saying it's goodt to be picked on if you are different, but what that...
Jenny, from his letters CLD appears to have survived quite well at Richmond school despite being an oddball as you call him. He liked Richmond school and like...
