A Book of Nonsense Summary
Edward Lear

EDWARD LEAR With All the Original Pictures and Verses [Illustration] There was an Old Derry down Derry, who loved to see little folks   merry;     So he made them a Book,... Read more

The English writer and artist Edward Lear (1812-1888) achieved fame as a lithographer, landscape artist, and author and illustrator of numerous travel books. He is now remembered, however, for his fiv... Read more

Vivien Noakes fittingly subtitled her biography of Edward Lear The Life of a Wanderer. On a literal level the phrase refers to Lear's constant traveling as a self-proclaimed "dirty landscape painter" ... Read more

In a small cemetery in San Remo, Italy, Edward Lear's gravestone reads simply: "LANDSCAPE PAINTER IN MANY LANDS;" and, indeed, this description epitomizes Lear's view of himself. Others remember him p... Read more