App Store

Google Play

{{seriesTitle}} - Seria książek

PL - Details page - Device banner - 894x1036

Witaj w nieskończonym świecie literatury

Słuchaj i czytaj

John Arthur Nichol

If you've ever longed for the Old Man of Cape Horn to cheer up, or to rescue the Person of Cromer from his sudden and unexplained conclusion, or to silence that annoying Old Man with a Bell, then this is the book you've been waiting for.

The Fifth Line: Limericks After Lear.

One hundred and twelve brand new limericks based on Edward Lear's verses in his ground-breaking work, A Book of Nonsense (1846 and 1863).

Plus Edward Lear's original verses.

That's two hundred and twenty four limericks!

But why the new new take on old poems?

Because Edward Lear abandoned the most important part of the limerick - the fifth line - an ending that adds a twist to the story and makes us chuckle.

Lear would establish a premise that was knowingly and joyfully absurd, then end with an anti-climax. His final line simply repeated the rhyme and substance of what he'd said at the start.

The Fifth Line revisits every verse in A Book of Nonsense, restoring to each the proper form and function of a limerick.

They're all here, from An Old Man With a Nose to A Young Lady Whose Bonnet, and everything in between.

And there's a laugh in every one.

The Fifth Line: Limericks After Lear.

Plus Lear.

Plus laughs. Lots of laughs.

Moonflight Press

Limericks After Lear

The Fifth Line: Limericks After Lear

Edward Lear is remembered, and rightly so, as the Father of the Limerick. Were it not for him, this little five line verse form may never have become such a beloved, ubiquitous part of our literary and popular culture.

Yet the very thing that makes the limerick so appealing, held no appeal for Edward Lear. The final line of his verses offered no twist, and it didn’t seek to make his readers giggle. It was a summing up, and nothing more.

But Lear had opened Victorian eyes to the possibilities inherent in the limerick: His Book of Nonsense was a runaway bestseller.

In 1872 Lear published one hundred new limericks, hoping to repeat his earlier success. But while his earlier verses are still fondly remembered today, still anthologised, still quoted in mainstream and social media, his next hundred limericks are unknown.

Why?

Because, by 1872, the limerick had taken on a life of its own, and was romping towards the twentieth century with outlandish, irreverent and often obscene delight.

And Lear couldn't follow. It just wasn't in his nature to go there. So having set the limerick on its journey, he now stood alone and watched it vanish in the distance.

Limericks After Lear breathes new life into Edward Lear's creations. Book One, The Fifth Line, took A Book of Nonsense as its starting point and sent all 112 verses off in new directions.

Now, Book Two retrieves the forgotten verses of 1872 and presents them complete: one hundred original Lears, plus a brand new, family-friendly limerick for each.

The Next Hundred Lears … Two hundred limericks you won’t have met before. And they might even make you giggle :)

The Next Hundred Lears: Limericks After Lear

Limericks After Lear - Seria książek

Limericks After Lear - Seria książek

Limericks After Lear książki w kolejności

Słuchaj i czytaj