From the benighted Old Man with a Beard to the erudite Perpendicular Purple Polly, Edward Lear's world is inhabited by a bewildering variety of oddities. One of the world's most loved writers, Lear's verse has delighted whole generations of readers. Here, after 140 years, is the original edition of A Book of Nonsense, from the original publishers. Complete with Lear's own remarkable illustrations, this treasure trove of nonsense is guaranteed to hold readers spellbound for generations more!
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'I really don't know any author to whom I am half so grateful for my idle self as Edward Lear. I shall put him first of my hundred authors.' - John Ruskin
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Edward Lear (1812-1888). The youngest of twenty-one children, who made his reputation as an artist, humorist and traveller.
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There was an Old Man with a beard, who said, "It is just as I feared! Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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There was an Old Man with a beard, who said, "It is just as I feared! Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
old person Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Young Lady New!
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- Victorian Illustrated Books (Illustrated books series) by Percy Muir in Front Matter
- The Complete Verse and Other Nonsense by Edward Lear on 25 pages
- Die Welt Der Galgenlieder Christian Morgensterns Und Der Viktorianische Nonsense (Quellen Und Forschungen Zur Sprach-Und Kulturgeschichte Der Germanischen Volker, Nf) (German Edition) by Ernst Kretschmer on 6 pages
- Explorations in the Field of Nonsense (DQR Studies in Literature 3) (Costerus New Series) by Wim Tigges on 6 pages
- Victorian Fantasy by Stephen Prickett on 5 pages
- Joyce's Messianism: Dante, Negative Existence, And The Messianic Self by Gian Balsamo on page 94, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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