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Available
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Publication
Wordsworth Editions Ltd (1994), Edition: New edition, Paperback, 272 pages
Description
Edward Lear was the greatest nonsensicalist of all time. He was the inventor of the limerick and created the Jumblies and The Owl and the Pussycat. This complete edition of Lear's nonsense verse - including the limericks, longer verses, alphabets and his own illustrations - is lovingly restored and beautifully presented, for adults and children to enjoy together.
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LibraryThing member korneder
poems speak to "outsiders, others and the like"
LibraryThing member ChrisWarren
Doesn't get any better than this
LibraryThing member Marse
Everyone likes a limerick every once in a while, but reading all of Edward Lear's limericks in a sitting is too much of a good thing. For one thing, none of them are particularly memorable, and after a while they become tedious. Granted, they were written for children, so there are no "there once
Contents: The Book of Nonsense, More Nonsense, Nonsense Songs: The Owl and the Pussy-Cat; The Duck and the Kangaroo; The Daddy Long-Legs and the Fly; The Jumblies; The Nutcrackers and the Sugar-Tongs; Calico Pie; Mr. and Mrs. Spikey Sparrow; The Broom, The Shovel, the Poker and the Tongs; The Table and the Chair; The Dong with the Luminous Nose; The Two Old Bachelors; The Pelican Chorus; The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo; The Pobble Who Has No Toes; the New Vestments; Mr. and Mrs. Discobbolos--First Part; Mr. and Mrs. Discobbolos--Second Part; the Quangle Wangle's Hat; The Cummerbund; The Akond of Swat; Incidents in the Life of my Uncle Arly; Eclogue; Nonsense Stories and Alphabets: The Story of the Four Little Children Who Went Round the World; The History of the Seven Families of the Lake Pipple-Popple; Nonsense Alphabets; Nonsense Cookery; The Heraldic Blazon of Foss the Cat
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was a girl from Nantucket..." type limericks, but still I expected to find some that were so clever, they would stick in my brain. As to his tales, "The Owl and the Pussycat" is the most well-known, but "The Two Old Bachelors" and "The New Vestments" are worth a reading just for the creepiness of them. The rest are...well see the comments above about the limericks. Contents: The Book of Nonsense, More Nonsense, Nonsense Songs: The Owl and the Pussy-Cat; The Duck and the Kangaroo; The Daddy Long-Legs and the Fly; The Jumblies; The Nutcrackers and the Sugar-Tongs; Calico Pie; Mr. and Mrs. Spikey Sparrow; The Broom, The Shovel, the Poker and the Tongs; The Table and the Chair; The Dong with the Luminous Nose; The Two Old Bachelors; The Pelican Chorus; The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo; The Pobble Who Has No Toes; the New Vestments; Mr. and Mrs. Discobbolos--First Part; Mr. and Mrs. Discobbolos--Second Part; the Quangle Wangle's Hat; The Cummerbund; The Akond of Swat; Incidents in the Life of my Uncle Arly; Eclogue; Nonsense Stories and Alphabets: The Story of the Four Little Children Who Went Round the World; The History of the Seven Families of the Lake Pipple-Popple; Nonsense Alphabets; Nonsense Cookery; The Heraldic Blazon of Foss the Cat
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LibraryThing member antiquary
I was given this as a child of six, but my memory is that even then I already knew some of Lear's limericks. The great revelation to me in this book was his longer prose stories, some of which are quite complex fantasies. I also recall being moved by the Dong with the Luminous Nose and his quest
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LibraryThing member FlavioMiguelPereira
For kids learning english this can be a gift but for adults Edward Lear sound a bit brain death but have his moments
Awards
501 Must-Read Books (Emma Beare, 2006) (Children's Fiction)
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
272 p.; 7.56 inches
ISBN
1853261440 / 9781853261442