The Story of Alice: Lewis Carroll and the Secret History of Wonderland
Saturday, August 8, 2015, 2 p.m.
Free with museum admission.
Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
In his latest book, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, Magdalen College, University of Oxford, illuminates the friendship between Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) and Alice Liddell, the child for whom he invented the Alice stories. Douglas-Fairhurst examines how this relationship stirred Carroll’s imagination and influenced the creation of Wonderland. A book signing follows the talk.
In the News:
Go Ask Alice – The New Yorker
The exhibition Alice: 150 Years of Wonderland is open until 6 p.m.