Brace yourselves as we go down this rabbit hole

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(8) So brace yourselves as we go down this rabbit hole.

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(9) Charles Dodgson, a.k.a. Lewis Carroll. Writer, mathematician, photographer. Deacon of the Anglican Church, math teacher of the Christ Church College, in Oxford, for most of his adult life. Described by a biographer as "the most infamous 'girl lover' of the Victorian era".

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(10) Dodgson used his great photographic skills to ease his way into higher social circles of the Oxford community, especially that of his boss, Henry Liddell, Dean of Christ Church. You can read into this as much as you want.

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(11) It is a matter of public record that Dodgson hinted in his later journals that he was repeatedly molested by older, stronger boys while growing up, he had a stammer, and in his later days was very intent of "praying for absolution from his earlier sins".

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