num_pages: 288
description: The owls, hen, larks, and their nests in his beard, are among the fey fauna and peculiar persons inhabiting the uniquely inspired nonsense rhymes and drawings of Lear (20th child of a London stockbroker), whose Book of Nonsense, first published in 1846, stands alone as the ultimate and most loved expression in English of freewheeling, benign, and unconstricted merriment.
language: English
title: A Book of Nonsense
titlecomplete: A Book of Nonsense
genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Poetry, British Literature, Humor, Literature, Classics, Childrens, 19th Century, Victorian
ratings_count: 2238
series: Nonsense Books
publisher: Everyman's Library