The Book of Nonsense

by Edward Lear

Overview

"'How pleasant to know Mr. Lear!'

⁠Who has written such volumes of stuff!

Some think him ill-tempered and queer,

⁠But a few think him pleasant enough."

-Edward Lear (1887)

The Book of Nonsense (1887) by Edward Lear is a collection of 109 limericks that are considered among the immortal classics of English literature. These nonsense rhymes which were both written and illustrated by Edward Lear are uniquely inspired by whimsical creatures-both human and animal-and are as quirky and fun as they are rich in character. Although often classified as children's literature, they are universally enjoyed by adults as well.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781646795598
Publisher:	Cosimo Classics
Publication date:	01/01/1900
Pages:	126
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

EDWARD LEAR (1812-1888), was a British writer and artist, who created landscape paintings, nonsense verse, and the illustration of birds and reptiles. He was Queen Victoria's private drawing master and given a place in the Poet's Corner in Westminster Abbey. As a naturalist painter, his work is often compared to the bird paintings of Gould and Audubon, who both worked with Lear. As a writer, Lear's humorous alphabets and wordplay influenced such twentieth-century writers as Shel Silverstein, Ogden Nash, and Laura Richards.

Table of Contents

A book of Nonsense, Publisher's Note, Nonsense poems.

Editorial Reviews

A magic song-writer, with something like a reverence for the absurd.

Time Literary Supplement

'I really don't know any author to whom I am half so grateful for my idle self as Edward Lear. I shall put him first of my hundred authors.' - John Ruskin

'A magic song-writer, with something like a reverence for the absurd.' - Times Literary Supplement

'I really don't know any author to whom I am half so grateful for my idle self as Edward Lear. I shall put him first of my hundred authors.' - John Ruskin

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