His first published piece appeared in The Monthly Magazine in December Entitled "Mr. Minns and His Cousins," the sketch bore no name. Pronounced through the nose, this name became "Boses," and was easily shortened to "Boz. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson was a mathematical lecturer at Oxford University.
The scholar was also interested in photography, religion, science Dodgson took particular pleasure in weaving tales and making up puzzles for children. Before he published Alice's Adventures in Wonderland , he decided that he wanted to protect his privacy — a common practice among Victorian authors. He took the first two parts of his name and translated them into Latin, yielding Carolus Ludovicus.
He reversed their order and translated them loosely back to English, yielding Lewis Carroll. The nom de guerre was one of several that Dodgson submitted to his publisher as possibilities. It was the publisher who actually selected Lewis Carroll. Dodgson guarded his privacy fiercely, even refusing letters addressed to his home that bore his pseudonym. But occasionally, to smooth introductions to children or members of high society, Dodgson would use his pen name. Famous for writing the wholesome novel Little Women, Louisa May Alcott penned a much wider variety of works than most people realize.
She started out writing under the pen name Flora Fairfield, largely because she wasn't sure she wanted to pursue a career in writing. In , Alcott began using the name A. Barnard, and some of her melodramas were produced on the Boston stage under this name. It was in , with her Hospital Sketches , that Alcott decided to devote herself to writing.
Shortly thereafter, she began writing articles for The Atlantic Monthly and Ladies' Companion that bore her own name. Under the terms of the licence agreement, an individual user may print out a PDF of a single entry from a reference work in OR for personal use for details see Privacy Policy and Legal Notice.
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