Table of Contents

Chapter One: THE PHOTOGRAPH IN QUESTION
Chapter Two: THE PHOTOGRAPHER-TO-BE
Chapter Three: MATTERS ARISING
Chapter Four: THE RUDE MECHANICALS
Chapter Five: THE FIRST MAKINGS OF ART
Chapter Six: A PORTRAIT MOST PERFECT AND CHASTE
Chapter Seven: AND THEN THE GIRL BECAME A LADY
Acknowledgements
A note on sources

About the Author

Simon Winchester is the author of Atlantic, The Professor and the Madman, The Map that Changed the World, and A Crack in the Edge of the World, all of which have been New York Times bestsellers. In recognition of his accomplished body of work, Winchester was made Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2006. He lives in Manhattan and western Massachusetts.

Reviews

"As usual with Winchester, well-founded, witty and perceptive." --Kirkus
"Mr. Winchester's elegantly written study provides a balanced, sympathetic portrait of a complex and gifted man." -- Wall Street Journal
"What Winchester offers that is new, largely, is a detailed explanation the nascent field of amateur Victorian photography. He meticulously tracks Dodgson's 1856 purchase of his first mahogany-and-brass folding camera. He carefully works through the history of the development of the camera, and explains the difference between the daguerreotype, the calotype, and the wet-plate collodion that Dodgson relied on." --Marjorie Kehe, The Christian Science
Monitor
"In this very slim volume--a nice break, for history lovers, from the trend toward doorstop-sized commitments--Winchester sketches both Dodgson's life and a bit of Alice's, along with illuminating digressions into the history of photography." --Kate Tuttle, The Boston Globe
"Winchester provides a new perspective on the shy bachelor who wrote one of the world's most famous children's stories, while questioning the most recent scholarship that neglects the role of photography in Dodgson's life. An important addition to the burgeoning collection of Dodgson scholarship, this book will appeal to scholars and general readers and is recommended to all." --Library Journal
"With remarkable clarity and eloquence, Winchester uses this photograph as the focal point for an examination of the man behind Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." --Financial Times