Comments on: The author of Alice in Wonderland was a weirdo? http://mothersofbrothers.com/who-would-have-guessed-the-author-of-alice-in-wonderland-was-a-weirdo/ All about life with boys...and life in general Sat, 21 Dec 2019 17:09:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tracie in Tallahassee http://mothersofbrothers.com/who-would-have-guessed-the-author-of-alice-in-wonderland-was-a-weirdo/comment-page-1/#comment-1556 Tracie in Tallahassee Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:15:16 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=189#comment-1556 Jennifer - I had to actually LOL while reading this piece! Your opinion is certainly shared in my household! Many years ago I studied at Oxford for a summer and, while there, purchased a genuine British copy of Alice, sat on the sunny banks of the River Cherwell near the window where Dodgson's office was, and read, imagining little girls frolicking in the tall grass beneath the trees. It was a blissfully peaceful summer day and I was, of course, childless at the time. Last summer I had the pleasure of taking my 2 daughters to Oxford where I intended to share this pleasant memory with them, while simultaneously instilling a Great Lesson in Literary History. I showed them the window, explained that little Alice actually played here by the river and that Lewis Carroll watched from his window and wrote the story down for her, to which my oldest daughter gave me that raised eyebrows/sneering look that only a teenager can give and responded "Uhh . . . don't you think that's just a TAD on the creepy side?" Motherhood truly changes the way we look at everything, doesn't it? Jennifer – I had to actually LOL while reading this piece! Your opinion is certainly shared in my household! Many years ago I studied at Oxford for a summer and, while there, purchased a genuine British copy of Alice, sat on the sunny banks of the River Cherwell near the window where Dodgson’s office was, and read, imagining little girls frolicking in the tall grass beneath the trees. It was a blissfully peaceful summer day and I was, of course, childless at the time. Last summer I had the pleasure of taking my 2 daughters to Oxford where I intended to share this pleasant memory with them, while simultaneously instilling a Great Lesson in Literary History. I showed them the window, explained that little Alice actually played here by the river and that Lewis Carroll watched from his window and wrote the story down for her, to which my oldest daughter gave me that raised eyebrows/sneering look that only a teenager can give and responded “Uhh . . . don’t you think that’s just a TAD on the creepy side?”

Motherhood truly changes the way we look at everything, doesn’t it?

]]> By: becky up the hill http://mothersofbrothers.com/who-would-have-guessed-the-author-of-alice-in-wonderland-was-a-weirdo/comment-page-1/#comment-1550 becky up the hill Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:16:00 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=189#comment-1550 Oh good..I never liked that story either, creeped me out. Made me worried and now..hmmm..will have to look into Lewis what's his name' a little more. Oh good..I never liked that story either, creeped me out. Made me worried and now..hmmm..will have to look into Lewis what’s his name’ a little more.

]]> By: jennifer http://mothersofbrothers.com/who-would-have-guessed-the-author-of-alice-in-wonderland-was-a-weirdo/comment-page-1/#comment-1546 jennifer Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:22:45 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=189#comment-1546 Jime - By the way, did you know Mom hated Alice in Wonderland? I have the copy she was given in 1939 by her parents and it's essentially untouched. She always had a good intuition about people and I think she picked up on the "offness" of Lewis Carroll, even as a child. Jime – By the way, did you know Mom hated Alice in Wonderland? I have the copy she was given in 1939 by her parents and it’s essentially untouched. She always had a good intuition about people and I think she picked up on the “offness” of Lewis Carroll, even as a child.

]]> By: jime http://mothersofbrothers.com/who-would-have-guessed-the-author-of-alice-in-wonderland-was-a-weirdo/comment-page-1/#comment-1543 jime Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:21:43 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=189#comment-1543 The pace of the prose is that of the Lonely Doll. At first I thought those were your words, then reread and spotted the quotation marks. Good tie in to Michael, who is still up to his old tricks. The pace of the prose is that of the Lonely Doll. At first I thought those were your words, then reread and spotted the quotation marks. Good tie in to Michael, who is still up to his old tricks.

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