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Real name Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, he was the author of ''[[Alice in Wonderland (Literature)|Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'' and its sequel, ''Through the Looking Glass, and what Alice Found There''. He also wrote "[[Jabberwocky]]" and [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Hunting_of_the_Snark a poem] depicting [[The Hunting of the Snark|a practice we naturally find cruel and barbaric here]]. Also ''[[Sylvie and Bruno]]'' and more lesser-known works.
Real name Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, he was the author of ''[[Alice in Wonderland|Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'' and its sequel, ''Through the Looking Glass, and what Alice Found There''. He also wrote "[[Jabberwocky]]" and [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Hunting_of_the_Snark a poem] depicting [[The Hunting of the Snark|a practice we naturally find cruel and barbaric here]]. Also ''[[Sylvie and Bruno]]'' and more lesser-known works.


A popular source for the [[Public Domain Character]] and still more, the [[Shout Out]].
A popular source for the [[Public Domain Character]] and still more, the [[Shout-Out]].


Dodgson was also a mathematician who published several works on logic. As one might expect, these are filled with [[Textbook Humor]] and nonsensical examples, illustrating the point that in logic what matters is the form of propositions and not their content.
Dodgson was also a mathematician who published several works on logic. As one might expect, these are filled with [[Textbook Humor]] and nonsensical examples, illustrating the point that in logic what matters is the form of propositions and not their content.
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=== Works by Lewis Carroll with their own trope pages include: ===
=== Works by Lewis Carroll with their own trope pages include: ===


* ''[[Alice in Wonderland (Literature)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' and its sequel, ''[[Through the Looking Glass (Literature)|Through the Looking Glass]]'')
* ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'' and its sequel, ''[[Alice in Wonderland|Through the Looking Glass]]'')
* "[[The Hunting of the Snark]]"
* "[[The Hunting of the Snark]]"
* "[[Jabberwocky]]"
* "[[Jabberwocky]]"
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=== Other works by Lewis Carroll provide examples of: ===
=== Other works by Lewis Carroll provide examples of: ===


* [[Comically Missing the Point]]: Citation needed, but he released ''[[Alice in Wonderland (Literature)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' at the same time as a book of his on mathematical theory. [[Queen Victoria]] was so charmed by ''Alice'' that she requested Carroll produce another book like his latest. A short time later he sent her a new math textbook, hot off the presses.
* [[Comically Missing the Point]]: Citation needed, but he released ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'' at the same time as a book of his on mathematical theory. [[Queen Victoria]] was so charmed by ''Alice'' that she requested Carroll produce another book like his latest. A short time later he sent her a new math textbook, hot off the presses.
** This story, though entertaining, is sadly apocryphal. Dodgson was asked about it and said that though he wished it had happened, it did not.
** This story, though entertaining, is sadly apocryphal. Dodgson was asked about it and said that though he wished it had happened, it did not.
* [[He Also Did]]
* [[He Also Did]]
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* [[Our Ghosts Are Different]]
* [[Our Ghosts Are Different]]
* [[Portmanteau]]
* [[Portmanteau]]
* [[Speech Impediment]]: Suffered from a stutter throughout a life, which possibly inspired him caricaturing himself as the Dodo in ''[[Alice in Wonderland (Literature)|Alice in Wonderland]]'', referring to the difficulty he had in pronouncing the start of his own surname.
* [[Speech Impediment]]: Suffered from a stutter throughout a life, which possibly inspired him caricaturing himself as the Dodo in ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'', referring to the difficulty he had in pronouncing the start of his own surname.
* [[This Is My Name On Foreign]]
* [[This Is My Name on Foreign]]
* [[Wanton Cruelty to The Common Comma]]
* [[Wanton Cruelty to the Common Comma]]


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Real name Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, he was the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking Glass, and what Alice Found There. He also wrote "Jabberwocky" and a poem depicting a practice we naturally find cruel and barbaric here. Also Sylvie and Bruno and more lesser-known works.

A popular source for the Public Domain Character and still more, the Shout-Out.

Dodgson was also a mathematician who published several works on logic. As one might expect, these are filled with Textbook Humor and nonsensical examples, illustrating the point that in logic what matters is the form of propositions and not their content.

He also had a hobby of photographing little girls nude. [1]

Works by Lewis Carroll with their own trope pages include:

Other works by Lewis Carroll provide examples of:

  1. ↑ During the time period, children were seen as sexless and innocent, and thus the picture-taking of them was not considered perverted.
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