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Nonsense Books — Edward Lear

Nonsense Books

Edward Lear

  • Poetry
  • Book language: English
  • 167 pages

Nonsense Books by Edward Lear is a collection of playful poems, limericks, songs, stories, alphabets, and botanical drawings. It delights in absurd characters, invented words, and cheerful rhythm, inviting readers to enjoy language for its own sake. The pieces are short and varied, making the collection easy to dip into and savor.

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Contents

  1. NONSENSE BOOKS
  2. "HOW PLEASANT TO KNOW MR. LEAR!"
  3. INTRODUCTION.
  4. A Book of Nonsense
  5. Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany, and Alphabets.
  6. More Nonsense Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc.
  7. Laughable Lyrics: A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc.
  8. Index

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