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Book SynopsisFrom 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!
Trade Review'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
'A magic song-writer, with something like a reverence for the absurd.' - Times Literary Supplement
'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
Table of ContentsA book of Nonsense, Publisher's Note, Nonsense poems.
