In fact, Lewis Carroll - this is not his real name and surname. The writer's name is Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. He was born in 1832, on January 27. Charles was the eldest child in the family of a priest. Why did he start calling himself Lewis Carroll? In fact, everything is very, very simple. He only transformed his first and second names twice, first translating them into Latin, and then again, into English and switched places. So he became Lewis Carroll. This happened when the young Charles began to write his first humorous poems and he needed a pseudonym - and writers of the 20th century liked to create under false names.
However, despite his literary achievements, Carroll chose not the philological faculty, but the exact sciences. In 1855 he graduated from Oxford and became a professor of mathematics. Then he settled in a house with turrets and soon it began to go around legends all over Oxford. First, Lewis Carroll looked a bit strange. He had one eye slightly higher than the other, and the corners of his mouth were turned in different directions: one up and the other down. Also, many told that he was left-handed, but he forced himself to write with his right hand with the effort of thought and will. Also Carroll was deaf in one ear and stammered very hard. He always lectured in the same voice with the same expression, never succumbed to emotions and did not want to get acquainted with anyone. Lewis constantly avoided society, and he could often be seen walking alone in the depths of the Oxford Park. But, nevertheless, Carroll had his favorite pursuits, to which he devoted a lot of free time. For example, when Lewis was small, he really wanted to become an artist. So he drew a lot and even made his own magazines. True, their readers were only younger sisters and brothers Carroll, but it was very pleased. But when he became an adult and once tried to send his drawings to the humorous appendix of the newspaper Time, his images were rejected and not accepted. Carroll was very worried about this and abandoned drawing. But he began to be engaged in photography, with the same zeal and seriousness with which he had so far been engaged in painting. So he bought the device and all the necessary tools for photography. And do not forget that the courtyard was in the middle of the nineteenth century, so photography was really a very difficult and painstaking work. But Lewis really enjoyed this activity, and he spent a lot of time learning how to make high-quality and beautiful photographs. Over time, he achieved great success in this matter. At one time, Carroll shot many famous people, such as, for example, Tennyson, Dante Gabriel, Ellen Terry, Thomas Huxley. A hundred years later, a book was published, which included sixty-four of Carroll's best works, which really differed in talent and skill.
Lewis Carroll has always worked very, very hard. He completely devoted himself to the cause, for which he undertook. From the very morning he sat down at his desk and began to create a story. Carroll never ate in the daytime so as not to stop the work. He only drank a glass of sherry and ate a few cookies. Then he went to conduct lectures, dined, walked and again sat down to work. And Lewis suffered from insomnia, so when he could not sleep, he came up with different mathematical and geometric puzzles. By the way, they later entered his book, entitled "Mathematical Curiosities."
Lewis Carroll only once went abroad and did not go anywhere, where all his compatriots used to go, but to Russia, having struck with such a choice many of his acquaintances and colleagues.
Lewis always invented something and invented something. He created many new games, which he published in the newspapers, applying the rules to them. For example, we all know the game in which you need to turn one word into another, changing only one letter and creating new words, so that the result is what you need. This game belongs to Lewis Carroll.
So, but still, what about his relationship with children? Carroll really had all the friends were children. But this is not so strange. His students and colleagues considered the writer strange and not entirely normal. And the children did not notice it. He invented games for them, entertained them and they were happy about it, genuinely loved a little strange, but kind professor. In addition, by their spontaneity in thoughts and actions, they helped the writer create his stories. After all, Alice, who visited the country of miracles and looking through the world, Lewis wrote off the real Alice, who often visited his house, was a very interesting girl with an unusual thinking.
Lewis Carroll was a smart, non-standard and talented person. He died on January 14, 1898, leaving behind unique games, tasks, riddles, stories and novels that will always be of interest to readers.