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Alice Pleasance Hargreaves (née Liddell, / ˈ l ɪ d əl /; [1] 4 May 1852 – 16 November 1934) was an English woman who, in her childhood, was an acquaintance and photography subject of Lewis Carroll.
Articles relating to Alice Liddell (1852-1934) and her depictions. She was an acquaintance of Lewis Carroll , and the stories he told her were later developed into the novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865).
Information is scarce (Dodgson's diaries for the years 1858–1862 are missing), but it seems 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 on rowing trips (first the boy, Harry, and later the three girls) accompanied by an adult friend ...
Dreamchild is a 1985 British drama film written by Dennis Potter, directed by Gavin Millar, and produced by Rick McCallum and Kenith Trodd. [5] The film, starring Coral Browne, Ian Holm, Peter Gallagher, Nicola Cowper and Amelia Shankley, is a fictionalised account of Alice Liddell, the child who inspired Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Miss Alice Liddell – Warden of St. Mary's Refuge for Girls Martha Bultitaft – the Maxie's long-time domestic servant Sally Jupp – domestic servant assisting Martha at Martingale for several months Mr. and Mrs. Proctor – Sally's aunt and uncle who raised her after her parents were killed during the Blitz. James Ritchie – Sally's secret ...
Hargreaves married Alice Liddell, the girl who inspired Lewis Carroll's fantasy stories. The couple were married in 1880 at Westminster Abbey, with Sir John Stainer playing the organ at the ceremony. [7] The couple's wedding received much press coverage. [8]
"All in the golden afternoon" is the preface poem in Lewis Carroll's 1865 book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.The introductory poem recalls the afternoon that he improvised the story about Alice in Wonderland while on a boat trip from Oxford to Godstow, for the benefit of the three Liddell sisters: Lorina Charlotte (the flashing "Prima"), Alice Pleasance (the hoping "Secunda"), and Edith ...
May 4 – Alice Pleasance Liddell, inspiration for the English children's classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (d. 1934) [15] May 13 – Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov, Buryat Buddhist leader (d. 1927) May 14. Émile Fayolle, French general (d. 1928) Alton B. Parker, American judge, Democratic political candidate (d. 1926)