Edward Lear

Nonsense
- Edward Lear
'You elegant fowl!'

Exuberant and ingenious, Lear's best-loved poems tell of jumblies, quangle wangles and luminous noses.

One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.

The Owl and the Pussy-cat

Edward Lear
Charlotte Voake

The Nonsense Verse of Edward Lear

Edward Lear
John Vernon Lord

The Complete Nonsense and Other Verse

Edward Lear

Penguin Little Black Classics

129 Books

Lear was an artist, illustrator, author and poet. 'The Owl and the Pussy-cat' is Lear's most popular work and has been loved by readers of all ages for generations.