3. He began to study at home and
proved to be a smart and quickwitted boy.
In 1846 he enrolled at the
School of Rugby.
In 1851 he became a student of
a college in Oxford.
4. In college, Lewis wrote poems and short
stories.
In 1864 he wrote his famous book “Alice in
Wonderland”.
5. It tells the story of a girl named Alice
who falls through the rabbit hole.
She gets into an imaginary world
inhabited by strange creatures.
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9. Alice is about seven years old.
It is believed that Alice Pleasance Liddell,
a friend of the author, was the prototype
of Alice in Lewis Carroll’s book.