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The Book of Nonsense
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A collection of limericks and comic verse by Edward Lear, illustrated with his own drawings and known for popularizing the limerick form in English. It suits readers interested in nonsense poetry, Victorian literature, or humorous verse for adults and children.
Note: the 1997 date is a reprint; Lear's *Book of Nonsense* was first published in 1846.
Edward Lear
Edward Lear was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, who is known mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks, a form he popularised but which term he never used.
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