{"product_id":"the-complete-nonsense-books","title":"The Complete Nonsense Books","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Edward Lear. Published by Alma Classics. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover, 300 pages, Prose w\/ B\u0026amp;W Illustrations, 1862 (2024 printing)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCONTAINS ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume, which collects the four books of “nonsense” published by Lear during his lifetime, contains all of his most celebrated verse and prose productions, from his first collection of limericks, A Book of Nonsense, to his Nonsense Songs and Stories – which includes ‘The Owl and the Pussy Cat’, long considered one of the nation’s favourite poems, as well as many lesser-known pieces composed in the same waywardly imaginative vein.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmbodying his passion for the absurd, Lear’s limericks, stories, alphabets and botanical sketches, each accompanied by one of the author’s beguiling original illustrations, are fun, lyrical, lively and hilarious, and have enchanted children and adults since their first appearance in print.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eREVIEWS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEveryone’s favourite nonsense writer.\u003cbr\u003e The Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMuch nonsense is published from time to time, but the gift of writing such precious nonsense as that which came from the pen of Mr Edward Lear is denied to most authors.\u003cbr\u003e The Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alma Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63416304337226,"sku":"completenonsensebooks","price":16.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8894\/4822\/files\/IMG_07082_bdd17015-ab09-4675-a239-8aa7bfd3dc18.jpg?v=1788450285","url":"https:\/\/littledeercomics.ie\/products\/the-complete-nonsense-books","provider":"Little Deer Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}