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The Owl and the Pussycat

by Edward Lear (1812-1888)

Librivox’s weekly poetry project for the week of January 22, 2006: The Owl and the Pussycat is a famous nonsense poem by Edward Lear, first published in 1871. Its most notable historical feature is the introduction of the runcible spoon.
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• Wikipedia – Edward Lear
• Wikipedia – The Owl and the Pussycat
• LibriVox’s The Owl and the Pussycat Internet Archive page
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• Bit Torrent of the entire collection
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