The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (Rev. C. L. Dodgson)

A comprehensive portrait traces family origins and childhood, schooling and collegiate life at Oxford, and the subject's dual occupations in academic and ecclesiastical circles. It chronicles the creative process and publication history of his imaginative children's stories and subsequent literary experiments, surveys translations and critical responses, and records friendships with artists and scholars, travels, lectures, and public controversies. The narrative draws on letters, diaries, and reminiscences to portray personal habits, artistic and scientific interests, his relationship with young readers, administrative duties and resignations, and the gradual shaping of his reputation.