A Book of Nonsense by Edward Lear

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O "book of nonsense" é um livro escrito e ilustrado por Edward Lear na época vitoriana.
Os seus limericks são deliciosos e hilariantes.
Ele e Lewis Carroll podem ser considerados os pais do nonsense.

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 O livro aqui

Artista florentino (1584-1609).

Women Write from and for the Kitchen






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