The Complete Nonsense and Other Verse
$28.91
- Paperback
624 pages
- Release Date
6 September 2006
Summary
A World of Whimsy: The Complete Nonsense
‘Nonsense is the breath of my nostrils’, wrote Edward Lear (1812-88), and this collection demonstrates the wonderfully varied ways in which he pursued his philosophy of life. He created an extraordinary world filled with bizarre creatures - from the Dong with a luminous nose to the Pobble who has no toes - who misbehave with joyful abandon. Here can be found such exuberant and timeless verse as ‘The Owl and the Pussy-cat’, ‘The Quangle Wangle…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140424652 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140424652 |
| Series: | Black Classics |
| Author: | Edward Lear, Vivien Noakes |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 624 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 6 September 2006 |
| Weight: | 438g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 35mm |
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About The Author
Edward Lear
Edward Lear (1812-88) originally earned his living as a commercial artist. A skilled landscape painter and ornithological illustrator, he was art master to Queen Victoria for a time. His nonsense writing began as a sideline to amuse himself and his friend’s children but soon made him a household name.
Vivien Noakes is the leading authority on Lear; editor of his Selected Letters (1988) and the definitive biography, she also curated the Lear exhibition at the Royal Academy in 1985.
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