Lewis Carroll
Though information is scarce (Dodgson's diaries for the years 18581862 are
missing), it does seem clear that his friendship with the Liddell family was an
important part of his life in the late 1850s, and he grew into the habit of taking the
children (first the boy, Harry, and later the three girls) on rowing trips
accompanied by an adult friend to nearby Nuneham Courtenay or Godstow.
It was on one such expedition, on 4 July 1862, that Dodgson invented the outline
of the story that eventually became his first and largest commercial success.
Having told the story and been begged by Alice Liddell to write it down, Dodgson
eventually (after much delay) presented her with a handwritten, illustrated
manuscript entitled Alice's Adventures Under Ground in November 1864.
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