In the Shadow of the Dreamchild: The Myth and Reality of Lewis Carroll

(Paperback, 150th anniversary Special ed)

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This is the most significant biographical work on the author of Alice In Wonderlandto be published in recent years.Karoline Leach's study contends that Carroll was far from being emotionally and sexually obsessed with female children and his 'muse' Alice Liddell. She tellsthe strange story of how the false image of Carroll came into being and how headored and was adored by women of all ages and enjoyed adult relationshipsthat woud have scandalized the Victorian age in which he lived.In The Shadow of The Dreamchild is a radicalre-evaluation of the life and work of one of England's most mysterious literaryfigures.

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"At last, a book with something different and surprising to say about Lewis Carroll." --Daily Mail
"Excellent." --Spectator
"Persuasive . . . Leach makes a good case." --Daily Telegraph
"We are nearer now than before, I think, to the man who wrote Alice." --Guardian

Author Bio

Karoline Leach has written for the theater since the early 1990s, and is the playwright of The Mysterious Mr Love and Tryst, which premiered off-Broadway in 2006.