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Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
CD-Audio
Main Details
Title |
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) T. S. Eliot
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Read by Sir John Gielgud
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Read by Irene Worth
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Physical Properties |
Format:CD-Audio | Dimensions(mm): Height 125,Width 142 |
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Category/Genre | Poetry by individual poets |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780007202621
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Classifications | Dewey:821.912 |
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Edition |
Unabridged edition
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
HarperCollins Publishers
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Imprint |
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
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Publication Date |
21 March 2005 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
The basis for the musical phenomenon 'Cats', this collection of 14 inviting rhymes -- the mixture of the real and the impossible, the familiar and the fantastic -- make for a set of poems that no child or adult can possibly resist.
Author Biography
T. S. Eliot, (1888-1965) recast 20th century English poetry with a whole new vocabulary of technique, giving voice to a bold, vibrantly original Modernist style. In addition to his poetry, his body of work includes many landmark critical essays, as well as plays such as The Cocktail Party and Murder in the Cathedral. In 1948, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. T. S. Eliot, (1888-1965) recast 20th century English poetry with a whole new vocabulary of technique, giving voice to a bold, vibrantly original Modernist style. In addition to his poetry, his body of work includes many landmark critical essays, as well as plays such as The Cocktail Party and Murder in the Cathedral. In 1948, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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