Lewis Carroll Quote
What do you call yourself? the Fawn said at last. Such a soft sweet voice it had!I wish I knew! thought poor Alice. She answered, rather sadly, Nothing, just now.Think again, it said: that won't do.Alice thought, but nothing came of it. Please, would you tell me what you call yourself? she said timidly, I think that might help a little.I'll tell you, if you'll come a little further on, the Fawn said. I can't remember here.So they walked on together through the wood, Alice with her arms clasped lovingly round the soft neck of the Fawn, till they came out into another open field, and here the Fawn gave a sudden bound into the air, and shook itself free from Alice's arms. I'm a Fawn! it cried out in a voice of delight. And dear me, you're a human child! A sudden look of alarm came into its beautiful brown eyes, and in another moment it had darted away at full speed.
What do you call yourself? the Fawn said at last. Such a soft sweet voice it had!I wish I knew! thought poor Alice. She answered, rather sadly, Nothing, just now.Think again, it said: that won't do.Alice thought, but nothing came of it. Please, would you tell me what you call yourself? she said timidly, I think that might help a little.I'll tell you, if you'll come a little further on, the Fawn said. I can't remember here.So they walked on together through the wood, Alice with her arms clasped lovingly round the soft neck of the Fawn, till they came out into another open field, and here the Fawn gave a sudden bound into the air, and shook itself free from Alice's arms. I'm a Fawn! it cried out in a voice of delight. And dear me, you're a human child! A sudden look of alarm came into its beautiful brown eyes, and in another moment it had darted away at full speed.
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About Lewis Carroll
Carroll came from a family of high-church Anglicans, and developed a long relationship with Christ Church, Oxford, where he lived for most of his life as a scholar and teacher. Alice Liddell – a daughter of Henry Liddell, the Dean of Christ Church – is widely identified as the original inspiration for Alice in Wonderland, though Carroll always denied this.
An avid puzzler, Carroll created the word ladder puzzle (which he then called "Doublets"), which he published in his weekly column for Vanity Fair magazine between 1879 and 1881. In 1982 a memorial stone to Carroll was unveiled at Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. There are societies in many parts of the world dedicated to the enjoyment and promotion of his works.