A Tangled Tale

Lewis Carroll, Arthur B. Frost

• Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
• Year: 2012
• ISBN:
  9783849621681
• Topic: Literatur
• Subtopic: Altertumswissenschaften

A Tangled Tale is a collection of ten brief humorous stories by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), published serially between April 1880 and March 1885 in The Monthly Packet magazine. Arthur B. Frost added illustrations when the series was printed in book form. The stories, or Knots as Carroll calls them, present mathematical problems. In a later issue, Carroll gives the solution to a Knot and discusses readers' answers. The mathematical interpretations of the Knots are not always straightforward. The ribbing of readers answering wrongly - giving their names - was not always well received. (from wikipedia)

A TANGLED TALE

LEWIS CARROLL

CONTENTS:

The Lewis Carroll Timeline

A TANGLED TALE

PREFACE.

KNOT I. EXCELSIOR.

KNOT II. ELIGIBLE APARTMENTS.

KNOT III. MAD MATHESIS.

KNOT IV. THE DEAD RECKONING.

KNOT V. OUGHTS AND CROSSES.

KNOT VI. HER RADIANCY.

KNOT VII. PETTY CASH.

KNOT VIII. DE OMNIBUS REBUS.

KNOT IX. A SERPENT WITH CORNERS.

KNOT X. CHELSEA BUNS.

APPENDIX.

ANSWERS TO KNOT I.

ANSWERS TO KNOT II.

ANSWERS TO KNOT III.

ANSWERS TO KNOT IV.

ANSWERS TO KNOT V.

ANSWERS TO KNOT VI.

ANSWERS TO KNOT VII.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

ANSWERS TO KNOT VIII.

ANSWERS TO KNOT IX.

ANSWERS TO KNOT X.

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The Lewis Carroll Timeline

Jan. 27, 1832: Lewis Carroll is born as Charles Lutwidge Dodgson in Daresbury, near Warrington. He is the eldest son of Charles Dodgson, incumbent of Daresbury, later archdeacon of Richmond and one of

the canons of Ripon Cathedral. His mother is Frances Jane Lutwidge.

1844: Carroll starts school in Richmond, Yorkshire. Being only 12 years old he displays quaint precocity and is interested in biology and mathematics, especially logarithms. He also writes his early plays for marionettes.

1846: He enters Rugby. He starts writing and illustrating for 'The Rectory Umbrella.'

May 23, 1850: Carroll enters Christ Church in Oxford. In his second year he earns first-class honours in mathematical and second-class honours in Classical and moderations.

Jan 24, 1851: He starts to his residence in Oxford, more or less his home town until he dies.

Dec 18, 1854: After having places in the first class in the final mathematical school and in the third class in Uteres humaniores Carroll graduates B.A.

1855: Carroll starts working as a mathematical lecturer (until 1881).

1856: Carroll starts to write for 'The Train.' The editor is responsible for his pseudonym, deriving 'Lewis' from 'Lutwidge' and 'Carroll' from 'Charles.'

1857: He proceeds M.A.

Dec. 22, 1861: Carroll is ordained deacon and starts lecturing to children – not always on Bible subjects but also narrating from his books. Children also became his chosen intimates. His shyness always prevented him from carrying friendships other than by letters.

June 1865: ' Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,' is first published. The story was written for Dean Liddell's second daughter Alice. The book is removed from the shelves immediately after its release because of defectively printed illustrations by John Tenniel. It is re-published in November of the same year.

1867: Carroll accompanies Dr. Liddon on a journey to Russia. Though he almost took no more part in the daily college life, he always cared for Oxford matters and the discussions that took place in his home town. Besides his local interest he also wrote a lot of letters to London newspapers on various subjects.

1871: The sequel to 'Alice', named "Through the Looking Class' becomes a bestseller.

1876: ' The Hunting of the Snark,' hits the market. It is a technically brilliant but still bewildering story in verse and defying students until today.

1879: 'Euclid and his Modern Rivals' is Carroll's most valuable contribution to mathematics. Though in a dramatic form it provides valuable insights on Euclid's geometry. Most of his other works on mathematical subjects are of no real value.

1886: Mr. Savile Clarke dramatizes the two 'Alice' stories.

1889: 'Sylvie and Bruno', a book for children, is released.

1893: The sequel to 'Sylvie and Bruno', 'Sylvie and Bruno Concluded' appears on the shelves. The first time the wide acceptance was not as expected. The story with its perceived mixture of drolliness for children and theological dogmas fails to find its audience.

Jan 14, 1898: Carroll dies at Guildford, where his sister lives.

These books add to Carroll's complete bibliography:

· Syllabus of Plane Algebraical Geometry, Oxford, 1860.

· Formulae of Plane Trigonometry, Oxford, 1861.

· An Elementary Treatise on Determinants, London, 1867.

· Phantasmagoria and other Poems, London, 1876.

· Euclid, Books I and II, London, 1882.

· Rhyme? or Reason?, London, 1883.

· The Principles of Parliamentary Representation, London, 1884.

· A Tangled Tale, London, 1885.

· The Game of Logic, London, 1887.

· Curiosa Mathematica, 3 parts, London, 1888-93.

· The Nursery Alice, London, 1890.

· Symbolic Logic, London, 1896.

Living in Wonderland – An Essay

Reading " The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll," by his nephew, Mr. S. Dodgson Collingwood, impresses me very much as did the performance of " Trelawny of the Wells" at the Lyceum Theatre. It was only a short time after the period illustrated in Trelawny that " Alice in Wonderland " appeared, so that the aw...