Lewis Carroll gives "1872" as the date of publication.) Its somewhat darker mood possibly reflects changes in Dodgson's life. His father's death in 1868 plunged him into a depression that lasted some years. In 1876, Dodgson produced his next great work, "The Hunting of the Snark", a fantastical "nonsense" poem exploring the adventures of a bizarre crew of nine tradesmen and one beaver, who set off to find the snark. It received largely mixed reviews from Carroll's contemporary reviewers, but was enormously popular with the public, having been reprinted seventeen times between 1876 and 1908, and has seen various adaptations into musicals,
The Right to Love (Liane Carroll album) The Right to Love (Liane Carroll album) The Right to Love is a studio album by English jazz pianist/vocalist Liane Carroll and her fourth collaboration with jazz trumpeter and record producer James McMillan. Released in July 2017 by Quietmoney Recordings and distributed by Proper Records, it received four-starred reviews in "The Observer" and the "Evening Standard". Dave Gelly, reviewing "The Right to Love" in "The Observer", gave the album four stars and said it displayed "a characteristic mixture of deceptive simplicity and emotional depth". John Lewis, in a four-starred review for "The Guardian", described it as "an elegant song suite...