The Complete Verse and Other Nonsense
Published on 1. November 2001
Book
Hardback
624 pages
978-0-7139-9591-6 (ISBN)
Description
The first complete edition of Edward Lear's verse and other nonsense writings since 1947. This is also the first annotated edition, from the juvenilia to the great nonsense books. Lear's verses, limericks and fantastical line-drawings have enchanted children and adults alike through the generations. The Owl and the Pussycat, The Jumblies and The Dong with a Luminous Nose are as appealing today as they ever were and Lear is held in great affection by many who grew up with these childhood classics. Illustrated throughout, this handsome edition includes Lear's nonsense prose, both short stories and private letters. The definitive edition of Lear's wonderfully whimsical, timeless nonsense.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Books Ltd
Illustrations
300 b&w line drawings
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 54 mm
Weight
1091 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7139-9591-6 (9780713995916)
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Edward Lear (1812-88) originally earned his living as a commercial artist. A skilled landscape painter and ornothological 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.