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Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: Edward Lear: Stories & Rhymes Author: Edward Lear Narrator: James Taylor, Nigel Planer, Ghizela Rowe Format: Original Recording Length: 1 hr and 10 mins Language: English Release date: 04-16-12 Publisher: The Copyright Group Genres: Classics, British Literature Publisher's Summary: Ah, Nonsense! The English, it is often said, have a peculiar brand of humour. Along with copious cups of tea and a stiff upper lip it keeps life together in moments of difficulty and strife. One of our most-loved humourists is Edward Lear, famed throughout the world for his nonsense verse and limericks. Born in Holloway, North London, Lear was the 21st child of Ann and Jeremiah Lear, and raised by his sister, Ann, who was, of course, 21 years older than Edward. His early life was unsettled, prone to illness, especially epileptic fits which gave him a character coloured with guilt and shame. However by his 30s he had published his first