This edition contains all Lear's nonsense verse. Beautifully presented for adults and children alike, it contains all his fantastical drawings. This collection contains all of Lear's most celebrated verse and prose productions, from the 1846 volume of limericks, A Book of Nonsense, to his Nonsense Songs, which includes 'The Owl and the Pussy Cat', long considered one of the nation's favourite poems, and lesser-known pieces composed in the same waywardly imaginative vein.
Embodying his passion for nonsense, Lear's limericks, stories, poems, alphabets and miscellaneous pieces, each accompanied by one of the author's beguiling original illustrations, are fun, lyrical, lively and hilarious, and have enchanted children and adults since their first appearance in print.
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Everyones favourite nonsense writer -- The Times * The Times * Much nonsense is published from time to time, but the gift of writing such precious nonsense as that which came from the pen of Mr Edward Lear is denied to most authors. -- The Guardian * The Guardian *
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This edition contains all Lear's nonsense verse. Beautifully presented for adults and children alike, it contains all his fantastical drawings.
Edward Lear (181288) was an English painter and writer known primarily for his nonsense verse and for popularizing the limerick. His poem The Owl and the Pussycat remains one of the nations favourites. An intrepid traveller, Lear explored Syria, Egypt and India, among many other places. He published three volumes of bird and animal drawings, seven illustrated travel books and four books of nonsense.
