Nonsense Verses: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Nonsense Verses, credited to Edward Lear, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of NONSENSE VERSES by Edward Lear Read by Phil Chenevert This is a collection of some of the delightful nonsense verses and stories by Edward Lear. A lot of them are also my favorites. The Jumblies, The Owl and the Pussy-cat; the Broom, the Shovel, The Poker and the Tongs; The Duck and the Kangaroo; The Cummerbund; The Dong with the Luminous Nose; The New Vestments; Calico Pie; The courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo and Incidents in the Life of My Uncle Arly. Also included at no extra cost are two sections with my favorite Lear limericks. Only about 30 of them but they are all funny and full of delectable silliness. I hope you enjoy listening to these as much as I enjoyed recording them. (Summary by phil chenevert)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Nonsense Verses
• Author credits: Edward Lear
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 12
• Listed recording duration: 43:33

Catalogue topics

• nonsense verses
• lear
• children
• nonsense
• edward lear

Track guide

1. 01 - THE JUMBLIES — 4:38
2. 02 - THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT — 1:50
3. 03 - THE BROOM, THE SHOVEL, THE POKER AND THE TONGS — 2:34
4. 04 - THE DUCK AND THE KANGAROO — 2:16
5. 05 - THE CUMMERBUND — 2:22
6. 06 - THE DONG WITH A LUMINOUS NOSE — 5:29
7. 07 - THE NEW VESTMENTS — 3:06
8. 08 - CALICO PIE — 1:35
9. 09 - THE COURTSHIP OF THE YONGHY-BONGHY-BO — 5:01
10. 10 - INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF MY UNCLE ARLY — 2:47
11. 11 - NONSENSE LIMERICS BY LEAR — 5:53
12. 12 - YET MORE NONSENSE LIMERICS BY LEAR — 6:04

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