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C.L. Dodgson at war with Lewis Carroll

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From: International Herald Tribune
Date: 20030611
Author:Michael Kimmelman

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In the photograph, a girl reclines on a divan. She is 8. Her eyes are shut. Her left arm falls limply across her stomach, her hand resting just below her waist, in the folds of a loose-fitting dress or nightgown that has come off one shoulder, exposing the upper part of her chest. A loose strand of hair tumbles over the other shoulder. Her legs are bare.The picture, like the girl, is beautiful: patterned fabric set off against skin, grays against white. The arms of the divan gently embrace the girl, who, we naturally assume, must be aware of our gaze because she is so ...

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