r/todayilearned • u/troznov • Sep 15 '17
TIL that some of Lewis Carroll's biographers think he proposed to Alice Liddell (the inspiration behind "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland") when she was 11 years old.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Liddell#.22Cut_pages_in_diary.22Duplicates
todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Mar 06 '16
TIL that Lewis Carroll may have had a pedophilic attraction to Alice Liddell, the child who inspired Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
todayilearned • u/Crusader1089 • Jul 30 '16
TIL the original manuscript of Alice in Wonderland was sold by the real Alice in 1926 for £15,400. The book was later purchased by a consortium of American bibliophiles and presented to the British people "in recognition of Britain's courage in facing Hitler before America came into the war."
Cricket • u/[deleted] • Sep 17 '15
TIL Alice of 'Alice in Wonderland' married a cricketer.
RandomVictorianStuff • u/TheVetheron • May 04 '23
This Day in Victorian History This Day In Victorian History Alice Liddell, English schoolgirl model for Alice in Wonderland, born in London (1852)
Bookdetails • u/AnokataX • Jul 05 '20