Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets

About this film

LibriVox recording of NONSENSE SONGS, STORIES,BOTANY AND ALPHABETS, by EDWARD LEAR. Read by Adrian Praetzellis. A selection of nonsense poems, songs (not sung!), stories, and miscellaneous strangeness. The work includes the "Owl and the Pussycat" and a recipe for Amblongus Pie, which begins "Take 4 pounds (say 4½ pounds) of fresh ablongusses and put them in a small pipkin." Edward Lear was an English writer, poet, cat-lover, and illustrator (his watercolours are beautiful). This recording celebrates the 200th anniversary of Lear's birth. (Summary by Adrian Praetzellis) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B (36MB)

Directors & creators

Edward Lear

Subjects

librivox; audiobook; fiction; humour; children; poetry

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