On July 4th, 1862...

[NoJo]

...the Rev. Charles Dodgson extemporised a story for the three daughters of the Dean of Christ Church Oxford, while on a rowing trip on the Thames. So enchanted by the tale was the youngest of the girls, that next day she pestered him, and for days after that, until he had written it down. He entitled it Alice's Adventures Underground and dedicated it to her.

 

[jomar]

The YouTube link, please.

 

[NoJo]

The YouTube link, please.

They don't allow child porn there

 

[CharleyH]

...the Rev. Charles Dodgson extemporised a story for the three daughters of the Dean of Christ Church Oxford, while on a rowing trip on the Thames. So enchanted by the tale was the youngest of the girls, that next day she pestered him, and for days after that, until he had written it down. He entitled it Alice's Adventures Underground and dedicated it to her.

There was a film made, around the time of "Driving Miss Daisy" in 1989, or perhaps before that time. The film was an account of Alice Liddell's supposed RL relationship with Dodgson. I have been searching for this film since catching a brief glimpse of it, for ions. Does anyone have any idea what the film was called?

As for July 4th - happy day to all you sexy Americans. Without you, we wouldn't have any country to complain about!

July 4, 1754: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to the French.

 

[trysail]

When I first saw the title of this thread appear in the AH thread list, I was (incorrectly) certain that it was bound to be related to the 145th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg and that the originator had probably erred in stating the year as 1862 rather than 1863. I couldn't have been more wrong!

The film was "Dreamchild." I saw it and enjoyed it. Alice Liddell had a fascinating life. My grandmother was a book collector and assembled a valuable collection of Lewis Carroll first editions. It is for that reason that I possess copies of:

Aventures D'Alice Au Pays des Traduit de L'Anglais par Henri Bue
1st French Edition
London, 1869.
Illustrations by John Tenniel

Sylvie And Bruno
1st Edition
London and New York, 1891.

Sylvie And Bruno Concluded
1st Edition
London and New York, 1893.

The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition
Introduction and Notes by Martin Gardner
New York, 1999.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089052/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Liddell

 

[NoJo]

When I first saw the title of this thread appear in the AH thread list, I was (incorrectly) certain that it was bound to be related to the 145th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg and that the originator had probably erred in stating the year as 1862 rather than 1863. I couldn't have been more wrong!

The film was "Dreamchild." I saw it and enjoyed it. Alice Liddell had a fascinating life. My grandmother was a book collector and assembled a valuable collection of Lewis Carroll first editions. It is for that reason that I possess copies of:

Aventures D'Alice Au Pays des Traduit de L'Anglais par Henri Bue
1st French Edition
London, 1869.
Illustrations by John Tenniel

Sylvie And Bruno
1st Edition
London and New York, 1891.

Sylvie And Bruno Concluded
1st Edition
London and New York, 1893.

The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition
Introduction and Notes by Martin Gardner
New York, 1999.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089052/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Liddell

Wow. I'm jealous!