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| Lewis Carroll letter goes under hammer at Bonhams | Lewis Carroll letter goes under hammer at Bonhams |
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| A letter from Alice in Wonderland author Lewis Carroll, in which he complains about the downside of fame, is to be sold at Bonhams later. | A letter from Alice in Wonderland author Lewis Carroll, in which he complains about the downside of fame, is to be sold at Bonhams later. |
| Written under his own name, Charles Dodgson, he says he hates "being pointed out to, and stared at, by strangers, and treated as a 'lion'". | Written under his own name, Charles Dodgson, he says he hates "being pointed out to, and stared at, by strangers, and treated as a 'lion'". |
| The handwritten letter is expected to fetch between £3,000 and £4,000 at the London sale. | |
| It was sent to his friend Anne Symonds in 1891. | It was sent to his friend Anne Symonds in 1891. |
| Carroll was notoriously shy and he wrote that although he realised many people "like being looked at as a notoriety... we are not all made on the same pattern; and our likes and dislikes are very different". | Carroll was notoriously shy and he wrote that although he realised many people "like being looked at as a notoriety... we are not all made on the same pattern; and our likes and dislikes are very different". |
| "I hate all that so intensely that sometimes I almost wish I had never written any books at all," it reads. | "I hate all that so intensely that sometimes I almost wish I had never written any books at all," it reads. |
| The letter is being sold as part of a Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photographs sale - other lots include first editions of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities. | The letter is being sold as part of a Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photographs sale - other lots include first editions of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities. |
| Carroll was a lecturer and tutor in mathematics at Christ Church, Oxford, and originally wrote Alice in Wonderland as a private gift to 12-year-old Alice Liddell in 1864. | Carroll was a lecturer and tutor in mathematics at Christ Church, Oxford, and originally wrote Alice in Wonderland as a private gift to 12-year-old Alice Liddell in 1864. |
| He came up with the story of Alice and her trip to a fantasy world while on a boat trip in the city with the real Alice and her family in 1862. | He came up with the story of Alice and her trip to a fantasy world while on a boat trip in the city with the real Alice and her family in 1862. |
| Their relationship was recently dramatised by American writer John Logan in the play Peter and Alice, starring Dame Judi Dench as the adult Alice Liddell Hargreaves. | Their relationship was recently dramatised by American writer John Logan in the play Peter and Alice, starring Dame Judi Dench as the adult Alice Liddell Hargreaves. |