The Book of Nonsense
Product Description
From the benighted Old Man with a Beard to the erudite Perpendicular Purple Polly, Edward Lear’s world is inhabited by a bewildering variety of oddities. One of the world’s most loved writers, Lear’s verse has delighted whole generations of readers. Here, after 140 years, is the original edition of A Book of Nonsense, from the original publishers. Complete with Lear’s own remarkable illustrations, this treasure trove of nonsense is guaranteed to hold readers spellbo… More >>
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This has to be the dumbest book I’ve read. It has riddles and rhymes that totally don’t make sense. I know I would rather read real poetry and literature, not this. I don’t even think that small kids would like this confusing book.
Rating: 1 / 5
I loved reading these nonsense rhymes again after many years. Glad it was available again.
Rating: 5 / 5
I love love loved Edward Lear but unfortunately this free copy doesn’t have the marvelous drawings. It would be better to get another edition of this wonderful book, one that is illustrated.
Rating: 1 / 5
This is a very well presented hardback containing the best of Edward Lear. Perhaps not as complete as Holbrook Jackson’s Complete Edward Lear, it nevertheless contains his best work, including A Book Of Nonsense, Limericks, alphabets and his most well-known poems, The Dong With The Luminous Nose, The Quangle Wangle Quee, and The Jumblies. The author’s quaint illustrations are well reproduced throughout.
The reason this book is so important to comedy is that the incluence on people like Spike Milligan, Beyond The Fringe, and of course Monty Python’s Flying Circus is clear. Lear was obviously the 19th century precursor to those humourists. Lear brings an educated and intelligent angle to his humour just as his successors did, and his talent as a poet and artist make this collection much more than just a collection of ‘nonsense’!
Rating: 5 / 5
I can see why Stacy of California thinks this is a weird “incomprehendable” book. The word is “incomprehensible” Stacy. It takes a person of a proper old-fashioned education to appreciate this fine piece of classic literature. We oldsters don’t get weird modern art either, or some of the wacky movies Hollywood gives awards to but no one can imagine why.
Rating: 5 / 5