{"product_id":"still-she-haunts-me-paperback","title":"Still She Haunts Me - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKatie Roiphe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Lutwidge Dodgson was a shy Oxford mathematician, reverend, and pioneering photographer. Under the pen name Lewis Carroll he wrote two stunning classics that liberated children's literature from the constraints of Victorian moralism. But the exact nature of his relationship with Alice Liddell, daughter of the dean of his college, and the young girl who was his muse and subject, remains mysterious. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDodgson met Alice in 1856, when she was almost four years old. Eventually he would capture her in his photographs, and transform the stories he told her into the luminous \u003cb\u003eAlice's Adventures in Wonderland \u0026amp; Through the Looking-Glass\u003c\/b\u003e. Then, suddenly, when Alice was eleven, the Liddell family shut him out, and his relationship with Alice ended abruptly. The pages from Dodgson's diary that may have explained the rift have disappeared. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn imagining what might have happened, Katie Roiphe has created a deep, textured portrait of Alice and Dodgson: she changing from an unruly child to a bewitching adolescent, and he, a diffident, neurasthenic adult whose increasing obsession with her almost destroys him. Here, too, is a brilliantly realized cast of characters that surround them: Lorina Liddell, Alice's mother, who loves her daughter even as she envies her youth; Edith Liddell, Alice's resentful little sister; and James Hunt, Dodgson's speech therapist, an island of sanity in Dodgson's increasingly chaotic world.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Lutwidge Dodgson was a shy Oxford mathematician, reverend, and pioneering photographer. Under the pen name Lewis Carroll he wrote two stunning classics that liberated children's literature from the constraints of Victorian moralism. But the exact nature of his relationship with Alice Liddell, daughter of the dean of his college, and the young girl who was his muse and subject, remains mysterious. \u003cbr\u003eDodgson met Alice in 1856, when she was almost four years old. Eventually he would capture her in his photographs, and transform the stories he told her into the luminous Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. Then, suddenly, when Alice was eleven, the Liddell family shut him out, and his relationship with Alice ended abruptly. The pages from Dodgson's diary that may have explained the rift have disappeared. \u003cbr\u003eIn imagining what might have happened, Katie Roiphe has created a deep, textured portrait of Alice and Dodgson: she changing from an unruly child to a bewitching adolescent, and he, a diffident, neurasthenic adult whose increasing obsession with her almost destroys him. Here, too, is a brilliantly realized cast of characters that surround them: Lorina Liddell, Alice's mother, who loves her daughter even as she envies her youth; Edith Liddell, Alice's resentful little sister; and James Hunt, Dodgson's speech therapist, an island of sanity in Dodgson's increasingly chaotic world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKatie Roiphe received her Ph.D. from Princeton in English literature. Her articles have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The Washington Post, Esquire, Harper's, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003e among many others. Her previous books are \u003ci\u003eThe Morning After\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLast Night in Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e She lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762137301280,"sku":"9780385335300","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7697a7b9ec6809a11458626f85b5c660.webp?v=1780218287","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/still-she-haunts-me-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}