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The Finest Nonsense of Edward Lear
- Author
- Edward Lear
- Narrator
- Derek Jacobi
- Publisher
- Naxos AudioBooks
- Publish Date
- 1 January 2016
- Run Time
- 1 hour 16 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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- Author
- Edward Lear
- Narrator
- Derek Jacobi
- Duration
- 1 hour 16 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 January 2016
- ISBN
- 9781843799665
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Naxos AudioBooks
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage: Poetry
Synopsis
Nearly 150 years since his poetry was first published, Lear’s nonsense rhymes are still popular today. In this lively and colourful audiobook recording, Derek Jacobi reads Lear’s most famous poems and most fantastic creations, including The Owl and the Pussy-Cat, The Daddy Long-Legs and the Fly, The Jumblies, The Dong with the Luminous Nose and a collection of assorted limericks.
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