Thomas IngoldsbyCríticas

Important to notice that Thomas Ingoldsby is NOT the author. He is a character in the book which was published under his name, the author concealing his own identity.

Fun, spectral themes. Playful, high-sounding language.

I was not fond of this second volume at first. This volume is almost all poetry and the first poems are epic in length and imperial in attitude, though almost all are meant to be humorous. Towards the middle of the volume, the poems topics are ghosts, ghouls and rather horrid characters, that's when my interest picked up. By the end of the volume, the poems were silly and there were several which were easy to imagine Bertie Wooster reading aloud. I began to get a feel of Ogden Nash or Eugene Field, and those are two of my favorite poets. I think I would have enjoyed this even more if I had a good solid grounding in English history and characters.

Lavish illos and calligraphy on loose pages - one may be missing!

These are delightful tales from England of life in and about an estate having to do with the "Ingoldsby" family. Fun and humorous tales, but at the base of them is a solid classical education.

First published in 1837, under the pseudonym of Thomas Ingoldsby Esq., who was later discovered to be the English clergyman Richard Harris Barham. A whimsical series of poems and tales of ghosts, magic, and mysterious events, sometimes culminating in a pun or humourous twist ending.

Only have read about half

Limp morocco, gilt lettering, spine missing otherwise very good condition

Book Description: [c1890]. Worthington Co. Portrait Frontis' & 16 Engravings By John Leech, George Cruikshank And Others. A Good copy. A little rubbing. Lovely olive green (leather?) hardcover with decorated spine cover has some shelf wear mostly along edges and spine.

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Book Description: 1920 UK: Oxford University Press., 1920. World's Classics edition