Why read Lewis Carroll's Diaries?

Book cover of Lewis Carroll's Diaries: The Private Journals of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

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1 author picked Lewis Carroll's Diaries as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Mark Davies

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Actually, it is ten books, covering 1855 to 1897 (with a reconstruction of the missing journals of April 1858 to May 1862 – their disappearance being the cause of countless conspiracy theories!). These diaries are the principal source of practically every piece of Lewis Carroll/Alice analysis that has ever been published, and provide a uniquely revealing chronology of the genesis of one of the world’s classic works of literature. These volumes mean that the enigmatic genius of Lewis Carroll is not the sole preserve of academics or historians; through them, he becomes accessible to us all. Transcribed and fully indexed…

From Mark's list on Lewis Carroll and Alice.