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- A Very Good Children’s Book (1865)
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- H. Jackson, Masters of Nonsense (1912)
- H. Hawthorne, Edward Lear (1916)
- G.K. Chesterton, Child Psychology and Nonsense (1921)
- How Pleasant to Know Mr Lear (1932)
- G.K. Chesterton, Both Sides of the Looking-Glass (1933)
- G.K. Chesterton, Humour (1938)
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Author Archives: Marco Graziosi
Kinchinjunga to go under the hammer
Lear’s painting is expected to fetch between £400,000 and £600,000. Continue reading
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A New Dr Seuss Movie in the Making
Horton Hears a Who will be the fist of Suess’s books to become a CG animation feature Continue reading
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Lewis Carroll at the Family Records Centre
An exhibition of several documents relating to his life. Continue reading
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Carroll and Money
A new book reveals that Carroll was not very careful with his spending Continue reading
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New Editions
A couple of items appearing in the bibliography have recently been republished. Continue reading
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Alice in Oxford
The British Library and SEMLAC present a new site on the story of the creation of Alice and her adventures Continue reading
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Kiddie Records Weekly
A new site will put online an old children’s audiobook every week in 2005 Continue reading
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Lewis Carroll — Pornographer
An Italian history of pornographic photography publishes parts of a scrapbook supposedly by the author of the Alice books. Continue reading
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Edward Lear Vase to be Auctioned
As part of its annual effort to help the BBC’s Children In Need Appeal, the Stoke on Trent (Staffordshire) craft pottery, Moorcroft, has created a one-off, unique vase – which it is auctioning this month. Continue reading
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Carroll s emotional and social life
A new section on the ‘Looking for Lewis Carroll’ website Continue reading
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