{"product_id":"2026100007741-secondhand-the-lear-omnibus","title":"The Lear Omnibus","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 2nd pr.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good. Jacket: Worn\/faded - no tears. Page Condition: yellowed. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew figures in the canon of English literature have delighted and confounded readers quite like Edward Lear, the Victorian master of nonsense verse and comic illustration. The Lear Omnibus, edited by R. L. Mégroz and published by Hutchinson, gathers the finest and most beloved works of Lear into a single authoritative collection — from the celebrated limericks and The Book of Nonsense to the longer narrative poems such as The Owl and the Pussycat and The Dong with a Luminous Nose. The anthology presents Lear's genius in full, illustrating how his whimsical wordplay and absurdist logic created an entirely new mode of expression in English letters.\n\nMégroz, a perceptive literary editor and critic, brings scholarly context to a body of work that rewards far closer reading than its playful surface suggests. Lear's nonsense is not mere frivolity; it chronicles a rich inner world of longing, alienation, and boundless imagination, dressed in the costume of comic verse. This collection stands as an essential volume for anyone seeking to understand the Victorian literary imagination — and for those who simply wish to lose themselves in a world where the Jumblies went to sea in a sieve, and somehow, gloriously, arrived.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130601644251,"sku":"2026100007741-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/4877f1b3-459a-4421-a30a-1b957149eb4d.png?v=1786587227","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100007741-secondhand-the-lear-omnibus","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}