Slideshow: Lewis Carroll and the price of fame
1891 letter unveiled at April 17 Wonderland Award ceremony
Media-shy Alice in Wonderland writer Lewis Carroll lamented his fame, and he put his frustration into words. USC Libraries recently purchased a coveted letter written by the author about his unwanted celebrity, adding it to the G. Edward Cassady, M.D., and Margaret Elizabeth Cassady, R.N., Lewis Carroll Collection, housed in the Doheny Library.
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