Was Lewis Carroll a libertarian ? Journos and redditors discuss.

The articles in question

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/was-lewis-carroll-a-libertarian-his-photographs-suggest-so-237222/amp-page

It is an image of a pubescent girl called Lorina Liddell in the nude in a full-frontal pose, described in the documentary as an image that “no parent would ever have consented to,” the Telegraph reports. The controversial photograph was found in a French museum, with a note on the frame attributing it Carroll

She adds that the explicit photograph may explain the rift that made Carroll break contact with the Liddell girls in 1863, when Alice was 11 years old. Crucially, Carroll's diaries from April 1858 to May 1862, a period which coincides with his friendship with the Liddell girls, are missing

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/bbc/11368772/BBC-investigates-whether-Lewis-Carroll-was-repressed-paedophile-after-nude-photo-discovery.html

Reddit threads

https://old.reddit.com/r/literature/comments/13lw2z3/lewis_carroll_the_struggle_of_the_libertarian

https://old.reddit.com/r/literature/comments/xpyhpe/no_one_talks_about_how_creepy_lewis_caroll_was

And a defensive Medium article

https://medium.com/history-mystery-more/sorry-lewis-carroll-was-no-libertarian-95863f4c3f8

Fun fact, Vladimir Nabokov said he based Lolita's main character Humbert Humbert on Lewis Carroll.

I always call him Lewis Carroll Carroll, because he was the first Humbert Humbert.

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