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A Book of Nonsense (Alma Quirky Classics) by Edward Lear
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Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Quirky Classics Ser.
"There was an Old Derry down Derry, Who loved to see little folks merry;So he made them a Book, And with laughter they shookAt the fun of that Derry down Derry." First published in 1846 under the pseudonym "Old Derry down Derry," A Book of Nonsense is a collection adapted from the limericks and illu ...Show more
A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift
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Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Quirky Classics Ser.
This essay is widely held to be one of the greatest examples of sustained irony in the history of the English language. Much of its shock value derives from the fact that the first portion of the essay describes the plight of starving beggars in Ireland, so that the reader is unprepared for the surprise ...Show more
Aphorisms by Napoleon Bonaparte
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Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Quirky Classics Ser.
Spurred by a lifelong fascination with the great emperor, French novelist Honore de Balzac set himself the pains-taking task of collecting a selection of Napoleon's aphorisms from his public speeches and the gazettes of the time. Arranged into four themes (covering social life, the military arts, the e ...Show more
Directions to Servants by Jonathan Swift
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Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Quirky Classics Ser.
A tongue-in-cheek manual on how servants should cope with the demands of their masters and perform their tasks in ways that will best satisfy their indolence, wastefulness and greed, Directions to Servants takes a caustic and irreverent look at master-servant relations. Written towards the end of his wr ...Show more
The Benefit of Farting Explained by Jonathan Swift
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Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Quirky Classics Ser.
What is the nature, essence and definition of a fart? What are the consequences and disadvantages of suppressing one? Why is farting considered to be taboo? Swift's The Benefit of Farting argues eloquently, in a forceful a posteriori fashion, that most of the distempers thought to affect the fairer sex ...Show more
The Life of Our Lord (Alma Quirky Classics) by Charles Dickens
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Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Quirky Classics Ser.
Never published in its author's lifetime and intended solely for his own children, to whom he read it every Christmas, The Life of Our Lord is an accessible and gently humorous take on the life of Jesus Christ and his teachings. Far removed from the sharp satire and social dimension of his more famous ...Show more
The Wonderful Wonder of Wonders (Alma Quirky Classics) by Jonathan Swift
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Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Quirky Classics Ser.
A glorious exercise in cheeky punmanship, The Wonderful Wonder of Wonders sees Jonathan Swift in fine scatological form. Flying by the seat of his pants, the great author treats us to a condensed biography of his posterior, enlivened by some inspired wordplay. Most famous for his celebrated masterpiece ...Show more
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