The Funny Side : 101 Humorous Poems

Cope, Wendy (ed)

ISBN 10: 0571196519 / ISBN 13: 9780571196517

Published by Faber Paperbacks, 1998

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Funny Side : 101 Humorous Poems
• Publisher: Faber Paperbacks
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571196519
• ISBN 13: 9780571196517
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1754938713.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: 47050300
• Signed: 8/11/2025 6:58:33 PM
• Seller catalogs:
  • 9780571196517
  • U
  • 3

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Synopsis

This anthology of 101 humorous poems includes work by Lewis Carroll, W.S. Gilbert, Gavin Ewart, Kit Wright and Sophie Hannah.

About the Author

Wendy Cope was born in Erith, Kent. After university she worked for fifteen years as a primary-school teacher in London. Her first collection of poems, Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis, was published in 1986. In 1987 she received a Cholmondeley Award for poetry and in 1995 the American Academy of Arts and Letters Michael Braude Award for light verse. Two Cures for Love: Selected Poems 1979-2006 was published in 2008.