num_pages: 46
description: An engaging collection of humorous poems. These verses, originally composed to amuse Eliot’s intimate friends, have proven irresistible to cat lovers, lovers of nonsense, and admirers of Eliot throughout the English-speaking world. “Enough ferocious fancy and parody to knock the spots off most cat books and most...verses” (Time). Drawings by Nicolas Bentley.
language: English
title: Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
titlecomplete: Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
characters: Bustopher Jones, Old Deuteronomy, Jennyanydots, Rumpleteazer, Mr. Mistoffelees, Growltiger, Macavity, Mungojerrie
genres: 20th Century, Literature, Classics, Childrens, Animals, Fiction, Poetry, Cats, Humor, British Literature
ratings_count: 27257
places: United Kingdom
publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich