The Real Alice

by Anne Clark Amor

The Real Lewis Carroll's Dream Child

Genres: Nonfiction, Biography

272 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1981

Reviews

[Alexia Polasky]

Although this book felt more like a family-tree analysis, there is enough relevant information —as well as some photos I hadn't seen before— for me to consider it a must read for Alice fans.

[James Crawford]

This book is over 200 pages long and contains a lot of information on Alice Liddell. It also includes a great deal of information on various relatives of hers, so much information that, at times, the book reads more like a geneological report than a regular book. There are some nuggets of information, though, like Alice is related to Queen Elizabeth II, many of Dodgson's papers were burned when he died (and there are also complete diaries of his missing and some pages from one of his other diaries), Alice's mother burned all of Dodgson's letters to Alice, and the caterpillar's question -Who are you?- refers to the concept of status in the English society of that time.

It's a good book, yes, but a little too detailed on the relationship of various relatives.

[Gabrielle]

Lots of photos in this one... lots of irrelevant information. (bah!)

[Linda]

I highly recommend this book to those who love Alice in Wonderland. A fascinating look at the life of the inspiration for Alice-Alice Liddell.