ALICE LIDDELL

When searching the centuries for suitable examples, Alice Liddell is perhaps not the most likely of literary muses. Few children are. But it was her natural charm and, most significantly, her wondrous sense of curiosity that endeared her to Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by his pen name, Lewis Carroll. In fact, little Alice proved to be such an inspiration to the budding English writer and mathematician, that had the two not been introduced during the mid-1800s, the world of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” might never have come to be.

“Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” remains an undisputed classic within the literary canon. A fantastical world of magic and make-believe, populated with grinning cats, evil queens, and rodents decked out in bespoke tailored suits. Were it not such a timeless tale of allegorical fantasy and quixotic nonsense, one might consider it to be the product of a madman. And in a sense, it was.

VALE MAGAZINE:THE WRITING