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A letter has emerged in which the Alice In Wonderland author discusses his fondness for children and apparently suggests that he prefers girls to boys. LDN05 - 20010604 - LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM : A photograph from Alice Liddell's scrapbook shows the author, Lewis Carroll, in the mid 1870s. Liddell inspired his famous children's story "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". A copy of the original edition, dedicated to Liddell, will be offered for sale at Sotheby's auction house in London this week, estimated to fetch betweeen 500,000 - 800,000 pounds (750,000 - 1,200,000 Euros). (read more)
