{"product_id":"the-alice-behind-wonderland-simon-winchester-9780195396195","title":"The Alice Behind Wonderland","description":"On a summer's day in 1858, in a garden behind Christ Church College in Oxford, Charles Dodgson, a lecturer in mathematics, photographed six-year-old Alice Liddell, the daughter of the college dean, with a Thomas Ottewill Registered Double Folding camera, recently purchased in London. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSimon Winchester deftly uses the resulting image--as unsettling as it is famous, and the subject of bottomless speculation--as the vehicle for a brief excursion behind the lens, a focal point on the origins of a classic work of English literature. Dodgson's love of photography framed his view of the world and was partly responsible for transforming a shy and half-deaf mathematician into one of the world's best-loved observers of childhood. Little wonder that there is more to \"Alice Liddell as the Beggar Maid\" than meets the eye. Using Dodgson's published writings, private diaries, and of course his photographic portraits, Winchester gently exposes the development of Lewis Carroll and the making of his Alice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAcclaim for Simon Winchester\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An exceptionally engaging guide at home everywhere, ready for anything, full of gusto and seemingly omnivorous curiosity.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Pico Iyer, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A master at telling a complex story compellingly and lucidly.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Extraordinarily graceful.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Winchester is an exquisite writer and a deft \u003cem\u003eanecdoteur\u003c\/em\u003e.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Christopher Buckley \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A lyrical writer and an indefatigable researcher.\" \u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon Winchester\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0195396197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195396195\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/17\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.60w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/28\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2011 pg. 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2011 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2011 pg. 182","brand":"Simon Winchester","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43981486457087,"sku":"9780195396195","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_43e3cc94-9e4a-4deb-aca6-22c167493348.jpg?v=1683255862","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-alice-behind-wonderland-simon-winchester-9780195396195","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}