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Article: Lewis Carroll and Douglas Adams.(Critical Essay)
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- Word Ways
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- February 1, 2005
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On July 4 1826 both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died, precisely 50 years after signing the Declaration of Independence. The only surviving signer was Charles Carroll. On July 4 1862 Lewis Carroll first told the tale of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to Alice Liddell.
Which brings me to my topic: two British authors who lived about a century apart, Lewis Carroll and Douglas Adams. Lewis Carroll was the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, born on January 27 1832. Douglas Adams, author of (among other works) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, was born on March 11 1952. When Observer described Adams as "the Lewis Carroll of the twentieth century" they ...