There is a beauty in children’s writing. That picture perfect innocence with a splash of nonsense. In the mid to late 1800’s Lewis Carroll became a renowned author who is still loved 150 years later. The wonders of Carroll show through in his unusual writing style with his quirky sense of humor. There are many events that happen in a writer’s life to shape their style. Through the effects of his early life Lewis Carroll became a major literary impact with his world famous children’s novel, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. In 1832 an unforgettable writer was born. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, who wrote under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll, was the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There. …show more content…
On July 4, 1862, while picnicking with the Liddell girls, Carroll narrated the journeys of a little girl who fell into a rabbit hole. Alice Liddell then asked that he write the tale for her. So he did, calling it Alice's Adventures under Ground ("Lewis Carroll" Encyclopedia). After rejecting the original title Carroll later re-wrote it to be Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland which now comes with the adoring nickname, Wonderland. This wonderful little book of nonsense has brought the world quotes such as: “We’re all mad here!” And a loving dialogue, in a revised edition of Wonderland, between the Hatter and Alice: "Have I gone mad?" Asked the Hatter. "I'm afraid so. You're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret. All the best people are.” The book that took only a short three years to develop had many revisions. Carroll had completed a version of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland that prolonged from 18,000 to 53,000 words (“Dream Child” 72). And every writer has their critics, but there are those who are loved by all. The Pall Mall Gazette said that “this delightful little book is a children’s feast and a triumph of nonsense” (“Dream Child” 72). Treasured by all who read her Alice has entered into the lives, hearts, and minds of adults and children alike. With every wonderful mind there has to be another equally great mind behind it. Throughout his life Carroll was constantly frustrated by his inability to draw thus needing someone to interpret his rambles and scribbles, that is where John Tenniel came