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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Just finished




An interesting read, though a work of historical fiction it seems to stick fairly closely to known facts.  I really liked that the author included a section after the book that explains where she departed from what it certain about Alice's real life.  I also liked that there is a section explaining that some of Charles Dodgeson's (Lewis Carroll's) actions are viewed very differently through a modern lens.......the aspects that so shock and intrigue us today would not necessarily have been seen the same way.  She also draws an interesting parallel between modern child stars and children who have served as literary inspiration.

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