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Lewis Carroll

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Born 1832 in Daresbury · Died 1898 in Guildford

writer, novelist, poet · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Notable works: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass, Jabberwocky, The Walrus and the Carpenter, Phantasmagoria and Other Poems

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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

From Project Gutenberg e-text #11 (public domain in the USA).

“and what is the use of a book,” thought Alice “without pictures or conversations?”

— Spoken by a character · I. Down the Rabbit-Hole

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“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”

— Spoken by a character · VI. Pig and Pepper

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Through the Looking Glass

From Project Gutenberg e-text #12 (public domain in the USA).

In a Wonderland they lie, Dreaming as the days go by, Dreaming as the summers die:

Ever drifting down the stream— Lingering in the golden gleam— Life, what is it but a dream?

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“Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!”

— the Queen · II. The Garden of Live Flowers

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