Edward Lear and the Pussycat

Famous Writers and Their Pets

Alex Johnson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

2019
British Library Publishing (Verlag)
978-0-7123-5244-4 (ISBN)

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Behind every great writer there is a beloved pet, providing inspiration in life and in death, and companionship in what is often a lonely working existence. They also offer practical services, such as personal protection, although they may sometimes eat first drafts, or bite visitors. This book salutes all of the cats and dogs, ravens and budgerigars, monkeys and guinea pigs, wombats, turtles, and two laughing jackasses, who enriched the lives of their masters and mistresses, sat on their keyboards, slept in their beds, and occasionally provided the creative spark for their stories and poems. Gathered here are the tales of Beatrix Potter's rabbit, Benjamin Bouncer; Lord Byron's bear; the six cats of T S Eliot; Camus' cat, Cigarette; Arthur C Clarke's dog, Sputnik; and George Orwell's goat, Muriel. Enid Blyton's fox terrier, Bobs, `wrote' her columns in Teacher's World magazine, while John Steinbeck's poodle accompanied him on his 1960 US road trip, their exploits published as Travels with Charley. Agatha Christie dedicated her 1937 novel Dumb Witness to her favourite dog, Peter - the ultimate tribute.

Alex Johnson is a journalist, blogger and author of A Book of Book Lists and Shelf Life, both published by the British Library, as well as Books Towns, Improbable Libraries and Shedworking. He runs the websites www.shedworking.co.uk, www.onthebookshelf.co.uk and www.themicrolife.co.uk. Alex lives in St Albans with his wife, three children, and several shelves of books about books.

Erscheinungsdatum	26.02.2020
Zusatzinfo	30 illustrations
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	130 x 198 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga ► Humor / Satire
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Tiere / Tierhaltung
ISBN-10	0-7123-5244-9 / 0712352449
ISBN-13	978-0-7123-5244-4 / 9780712352444
Zustand	Neuware