The Nonsense Verse of Edward Lear (Methuen Humour Classics) - Softcover

Lear, Edward

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9780413583901: The Nonsense Verse of Edward Lear (Methuen Humour Classics)

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ISBN 10: 0413583902 ISBN 13: 9780413583901

Publisher: Mandarin, 1986

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This collection contains nearly all the nonsense verse of Edward Lear, including the longer poems such as "The Owl and the Pussycat, "The Dong with the Luminous Nose" and "The Jumblies", and 236 limericks. John Vernon Lord spent three years illustrating every page of the book and has also written an introduction which provides a biography and critical background to Lear's work.

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"The reissue of this beautiful book is a bicentennial tribute to Edward Lear. All the best known verses, such as "The Owl and the Pussy Cat", "The Jumblies" and "The Dong with the Luminous Nose", are included, but there are also less familiar but equally captivating poems as well as hundreds of pithy limericks. The result is a fantasy feast, the absurdity of which John Vernon Lord captures perfectly in his detailed and literate illustrations" (Julia Eccleshare The Guardian)

"Welcome to the world of Edward Lear! Wonderfully reissued in 2012 to celebrate the bicentenary of Edward Lear, this exquisitely-illustrated hardback is a classic in the making." (Lovereading4kids)

Book Description:

Reissued to celebrate the bicentenary of Edward Lear, this hardback edition is beautifully illustrated by the award-winning John Vernon Lord.

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