This year, 2015, marks the 150th Anniversary of 'Alice in Wonderland' by Lewis Carroll, which in this book, he is known by his real name, Charles Dodgson. This is fictionalized 'historical' account of Alice, before she became immortalized in the pages of book, and of her adult life thereafter. My en...
4 1/2 stars. This was a heartbreaking read but it was one of those books that I found myself drawn into and found it difficult to break myself away from when it was time to take the headphones off and return to reality. I have to admit, it has thrown me into a bit of a funk. Despite Alice's well to ...
"But oh my dear, I am tired of being Alice in Wonderland. Does it sound ungrateful?"Alice Liddell Hargreaves’s life has been a richly woven tapestry: As a young woman, wife, mother, and widow, she’s experienced intense passion, great privilege, and greater tragedy. But as she nears her eighty-first ...
Once I saw that this book was about the real woman who inspired the character Alice from Alice In Wonderland, I had to read it. There were many things I did not know. For example, Lewis Carroll is a pen name for Charles Dodgson, who took pictures of children that even in his time was considered scan...
I was intrigue with the read up of this book and it started out promising.Alice has a child was just how I thought she was, strong headed, confident and living in her own little world. Just wanting to be a little girl in a time when even little girls had to be reserved.I enjoyed the way Alice just l...
Benjamin sets out to do what she said she was going to do. She takes an intriguing non-fiction story (the relationship between Lewis Carroll and the "real" Alice) and embellishes into an entertaining novel.I wondered throughout about some of the points (did Alice really know Prince Leopold, for exa...
**Spoilers**“Off with their – legs. That was the curious notion I had as a child.”That was the beginning of Chapter One. A cute quirky reference to the Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland, although the Queen preferred to lop off heads.Chapter One introduced us to Mr. Dodgson. His character im...
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