{"product_id":"the-mystery-of-lewis-carroll-by-jenny-woolf","title":"The Mystery of Lewis Carroll by Jenny Woolf","description":"\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780312612986\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSt. Martin's Press, February 2010\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e336 pages, Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA new biography of Lewis Carroll, just in time for the release of Tim Burton’s all-star\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlice in Wonderland\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLewis Carroll was brilliant, secretive and self contradictory. He reveled in double meanings and puzzles, in his fiction and his life. Jenny Woolf’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Mystery of Lewis Carroll\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eshines a new light on the creator of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAlice In Wonderland\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand brings to life this fascinating, but sometimes exasperating human being whom some have tried to hide. Using rarely-seen and recently discovered sources, such as Carroll’s accounts ledger and unpublished correspondence with the “real” Alice’s family, Woolf sets Lewis Carroll firmly in the context of the English Victorian age and answers many intriguing questions about the man who wrote the Alice books, such as:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• Was it Alice or her older sister that caused him to break with the Liddell family?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• How true is the gossip about pedophilia and certain adult women that followed him?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• How true is the “romantic secret” which many think ruined Carroll’s personal life?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• Who caused Carroll major financial trouble and why did Carroll successfully conceal that person’s identity and actions?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWoolf answers these and other questions to bring readers yet another look at one of the most elusive English writers the world has known.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"I H Pentz Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47187604930722,"sku":null,"price":165.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0364\/4047\/3732\/files\/The-Mystery-of-Lewis-Caroll-by-Jenny-Woolf.webp?v=1776762242","url":"https:\/\/pentzbooks.co.za\/products\/the-mystery-of-lewis-carroll-by-jenny-woolf","provider":"I H Pentz Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}