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Limerickle: A Fantastical Voyage to Imaginary Lands and Their Wondrous Creatures!

About the Story

Limerickle: A Fantastical Voyage to Imaginary Lands and Their Wondrous Creatures! Edward Lear (1812-1888) was an artist, illustrator, poet, musician, and writer. Born in London, Lear was the youngest of 21 children and was raised primarily by his sister Ann. Lear is credited with popularizing the genre of literary nonsense and is best known for his collections of nonsense stories, poetry, and songs including “The Owl and the Pussy-Cat.” In addition, Lear is well known for his limericks, which differ from traditional limericks in that there is no punch line or bawdy content and the first and last lines do not rhyme but instead end with the same word. Lear composed music for many of his poems but only two songs have survived: “The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Ḅ” and “The Pelican Chorus.” During his lifetime, Lear published several collections of stories, songs, and poems: Book of Nonsense (1846), Nonsense Songs and Stories (1870), More Nonsense Songs, Pictures, Etc. (1872), and Laughable Lyrics (1877).

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