Alice in Wonderland

I believe he was also a sufferer of migraines. The legend I heard was that Alice in Wonderland was partly a result of a migraine sleep (which may well have been treated w/opium since there was not much else). I know people (my mom and my hubby) who have some strange dreams when they are sleeping off their migraines; I don’t get them when I have mine.

We adore and enjoy the story here. We enjoy the wackiness of it. My children first listened to it when they were 7 and 8 in the form of an unabridged audio version, then they read it own their own, several times. They enjoyed watching the movie afterwards and picking out what had been changed.

It’s not for everyone, but I don’t think even mine would have enjoyed it as much at 5 yrs. old. either.

Well, if it was opium induced-at least we get the benefit of a wild, creatively intricate story without having to do the stuff!! Mathematician’s brain + creativity + opium = a fun, yet complex story!

Thank you Rachel for a nicely balanced response, that is what I know of Lewis Carol as well – the girls enjoyed the book in junior high and they appreciated his talent. He is not a favourite of mine, I prefer Edward Lear who also wrote similar things. We all need to be careful not to spread rumors that may or may not be true, it is better to err on the side of caution than to write about scandalous things that are likely made up. The time frame in which he wrote was a time when a lot of things we would consider wrong, opium etc were mainstream medicine. He was a brilliant man in many ways and I imagine flawed in some ways like we all are, he was also a mathematician of note. I don’t think we should however cast stones when we do not really know the truth.