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Lewis Carroll este pseudonimul folosit de Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. Acesta a fost lector de matematica la universitatea Christ Church, Oxford. Dodgson a început povestea pe 4 iulie 1862, când a întreprins o calatorie într-o barca cu vâsle pe râul Tamisa (Isis) din Oxford împreuna cu reverendul Robinson Duckworth, cu Alice Liddell (în vârsta de zece ani), fiica decanului universitäii, ¿i cu cele doua surori ale acesteia, Lorina (treisprezece ani) ¿i Edith (opt ani). Dupa cum reiese din poezia de la începutul car¿ii, cele trei fete i-au cerut lui Dodgson o poveste iar, acesta, cu reticen¿a, a început sa le spuna prima versiune a pove¿tii de fäa. Cartea a fost publicata în cele din urma în 1865, con¿inând numeroase referin¿e oarecum ascunse la cei cinci calatori. Cartea Alice's Adventures in Wonderland a fost tradusa pentru prima data în limba româna în anii 40. De atunci, mai mult de douazeci de traduceri au fost publicate, pe lânga diverse repovestiri ¿i prescurtari. Traducerea de fäa î¿i propune sa contribuie la varietatea româneasca de traduceri cu o versiune mai moderna ¿i actualizata, în tendin¿a cu publicul actual. -- Lewis Carroll is a pen-name: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson was the author's real name and he was lecturer in Mathematics in Christ Church, Oxford. Dodgson began the story on 4 July 1862, when he took a journey in a rowing boat on the river Isis in Oxford together with the Reverend Robinson Duckworth, with Alice Liddell (ten years of age) the daughter of the Dean of Christ Church, and with her two sisters, Lorina (thirteen years of age), and Edith (eight years of age). As is clear from the poem at the beginning of the book, the three girls asked Dodgson for a story and reluctantly at first he began to tell the first version of the story to them. There are many half-hidden references made to the five of them throughout the text of the book itself, which was published finally in 1865. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was first translated into Romanian in the 1940s. Since then, more than twenty translations have been published, apart from various retellings and abridgements. The present one aims to contribute to the Romanian array of translations with a more modern and up-to-date version, keeping up with the current audience.
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Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 - 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English writer, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, which includes the poem "Jabberwocky" and the poem The Hunting of the Snark - all examples of the genre of literary nonsense. He is noted for his facility at word play, logic and fantasy. There are societies in many parts of the world dedicated to the enjoyment and promotion of his works and the investigation of his life.
