This one is even better than most documentaries I have seen about Lewis Carroll. Thank you. ❤️ His fairy tale books are interesting, mmmm

thank you for an excellent, factual and balanced account of Lewis Carol and the Alice books. Modern readers often make the mistake of viewing the story through modern eyes and ideas. We should look at those events through the glasses of that time.

How, through the written word, we can communicate forever. That's a great thing.

very good documentry, one of the better ones. wished that all of his papers and mememtos weren't gone to enjoy in a museum. that would be very interesting to see and read.

Another fantastic documentary! I am loving these. THANK YOU!!!!

Many thanks for this wonderful and enlightening documentary. I have read that Charles Dodson suffered from severe migraine attacks which may have contributed to visual hallucinations leading to characters in the stories. Irrespective, his stories have delighted children and adults alike all.over the world and certainly have inspired many children's songs l.have composed. Thank you once again for this articulate and very detailed documentary.

The Rev. Charles Dodgson on the new belfry of Christ Church, Oxford that he was attempting to photograph Its chief merit is its simplicity-a simplicity so pure, so profound, in a word, so simple, that no other word will fitly describe it. The meagre outline, and baldness of detail, of the present Chapter, are adopted in humble imitation of this great feature.

Rich…is the gravy…of these documentaries….an education of the finest kind….for all persons….wishing to better their literative faculties…and their mind!

Thank you so much Mr. Jones.

Was it not "A WASP in a wig?" that Tenniel found to be too much of an artistic challenge?

Peter Morgan Jones, thanks for your wonderful narration and writing Lewis Carroll in this video!!! Could you do one on the author O. Henry?

Does anyone know the name/composer of the music played in the opening?

Why IS a raven like a writing desk? Inquiring Minds would like to know.

I loved this! How do you feel about the awful BBC documentary made seemingly only to sensationalise the rumors and lessen the legacy of Lewis Carroll? It's one of the few things that actively upsets me and that is because of how the nonesense in the "documentary" has become known as fact by the average person. Even the weird history Channel states these misconceptions as fact and no one seemed to correct them. Thank you again!

HE WAS MY MUMS RELATIVE

Read “Three Men in a boat, not to mention the dog”

" Now at the very end of our long list I introduce you to two books of which I think you must have already tasted: Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, and the eighth is Alice Through the Looking Glass. Both are nonserious, that’s why I love them. Both are written for children, that’s why I immensely respect them. Both are full of beauty, grandeur, mystery and small parables which can be understood on many many levels. I have always loved one parable, for example.... Alice comes to the King - or perhaps it was the Queen, it does not matter - and the King asks Alice, “Did you meet my messenger coming towards me on the way?” Alice says, “I met nobody, sir.” The King then says, “Then he must have reached here by now.” Alice could not believe her ears, but just out of respect, amazed, Alice still remained silent, quite an English lady. Alice must have been a perfect English lady. Out of formality she did not even giggle. She had said that she had met nobody, and the King thinks that she had met somebody called Nobody. My God, he thinks that Nobody is a man, that Nobody is somebody...! Again Alice says, “Sir, did I not tell you that I met nobody? Nobody is nobody!” The King laughed and said, “Yes, of course nobody is nobody, but why has he not arrived yet?” Such beautiful small parables in both the books, Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass. And the most strange fact to remember is that Lewis Carroll was not the real name...because he was a mathematician and a schoolmaster; hence he used a pseudo-name. But what a calamity, the pseudonym has become a reality to the whole world and the real man is completely forgotten. It is strange that a mathematician and schoolmaster could write such beautiful books. You will wonder why I am including them. I am including them because I want to say to the world that to me, Jean-Paul Sartre’s Being and Nothingness and Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland are all the same. It does not matter. In fact, if I have to choose between the two I will choose Alice in Wonderland and throw Being and Nothingness in the ocean, so far away in the Pacific that nobody will find it again. To me these two small books have great spiritual value. Yes, I’m not joking...I mean it."

A strange man, but Brit society was strange then. Maybe still is. Great writer, though.

Meh. We can never know to what extent "Carol's" interest in the girls was inappropriate. The fact that there was a definite break in the relationship, that contemporaneous diary pages were destroyed, and that the sisters later wrote to each other cryptically referencing some sort of incident certainly hints something was up that was considered problematic even at that time -- no "historical context" required. Frankly, his supposed interest in the daughters' governess would not have been considered an issue. Governesses enjoyed an elevated status in Victorian/Edwardian households, and the match in and of itself would not be out of line with norms. Maybe we have to accept that some artists/writers whose worrk we enjoy weren't necessarily great human beings, rather than try to explain away or whitewash their behavior. If we can still appreciate their work, fine. If not, there are others to enjoy.

We’ll done Mr. Peter Jones. Wonderful story of Lewis Carroll’s life. He was a genius who loved children and life❣️

Wish they hadn't ripped those 4 pages out...i want to know the real truth...lolol...despite that i still like lewis Carroll and his works

Glad to know C. D. was " developing the best manly traits".

I can’t decide if his nude photos of her were innocent for the times or not. But I believe her mother cut off contact between the two. He definitely was enchanted by little Alice.

He might be an artist of genius BUT I think his interest in children was not healthy.

FORTUNATE TO.HEAR ALL HIS PERSONALS PAPERS, DIARIES WERE BURNED. HEAVENS SENT. IF NOT.SO, WE WILL BE STILL HEARING, OPINIONS OF TOO MANY, ANALYZING HIDDEN MEANINGS IN THOSE.NOTES ... LEWIS CARROLL WORLD, NOT A FANTASY, ONLY ANOTHER REALITY. sorry caps old lady fingers..

I remember this book and it's a live action movie on Disney plus.

Question do thank that Lewis Carroll and was a p,, Or do you think It was a rumour to discredit him because heera secretly Gay?

tedious

Disturbing man with a disturbing "hobby". Disturbingly defended, with the - others were doing it too - argument. Shame on them also, and shame on the narrator for defending him. I found his sneering barbs, at anyone that dare judge Carroll for his child abuse, unbelievable offensive.