The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear
By (Author) Edward Lear
Faber & Faber
Faber & Faber
22nd April 2015
5th March 2015
Main
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Poetry by individual poets
821.8
Paperback
352
Width 125mm, Height 195mm, Spine 25mm
290g
Edward Lear was the greatest nonsensicalist of all time. He was the inventor of the limerick and created the Jumblies and The Owl and the Pussycat. This complete edition of Lear's nonsense verse - including the limericks, longer verses, alphabets and his own illustrations - is lovingly restored and beautifully presented, for adults and children to enjoy together.
Edward Lear was an English artist, illustrator, author and poet, and is known now mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks, a form he popularised. As an author, he is known principally for his popular nonsense works, which use real and invented English words.