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Moscow was one of the cities Lewis Carroll visited during his only trip abroad. He went to the library in the mansion Chertkov on Myasnitskaya Street. Now, an exhibition dedicated to his book is opened at this museum.

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Go here to view the “Alice in a World of Wonderlands” conference videos: https://vimeo.com/album/3664885

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Dodgson was born on 27 January 1832 in Daresbury, Cheshire. He died on 14 January 1898, not long before his 66th birthday.

 

If you want to know more about Lewis Carroll, read the biography on my site. 

The exhibition displays Lewis Carroll’s original manuscript with hand-drawn illustrations, alongside editions by Mervyn Peake, Ralph Steadman, Leonard Weisgard, Arthur Rackham, Salvador Dali and others. You can also see newly commissioned articles, a selection of manuscripts, reviews and literature relating to Alice in Wonderland, that show how the story has been re-imagined, re-interpreted and re-illustrated over the last 150 years.

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The River Thames was fundamentally important in the creation of the famous tales of ‘Alice in Wonderland’. On a Victorian virtual voyage – from the riverside picnic at nearby Godstow where the tale was first told to the last of the many boat outings he made with the real Alice (Liddell) and her sisters – some of the real people, places, and events which underlie the fantasy will be revealed.

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The date is never actually mentioned in the story, but we can derive it from the context.

Take this paragraph from the first chapter:

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Are you dressing up as an Alice in Wonderland character? Do send me a picture of your outfit! I might feature it on this blog or on my Pinterest Board!