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| Original Title: | Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats |
| ISBN: | 0151686564 (ISBN13: 9780151686568) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Macavity, Growltiger, Mr. Mistoffelees, Mungojerrie, Rumpleteazer, Old Deuteronomy, Bustopher Jones, Jennyanydots |
| Setting: | United Kingdom |
T.S. Eliot
Hardcover | Pages: 56 pages Rating: 4.08 | 22633 Users | 1435 Reviews
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| Title | : | Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats |
| Author | : | T.S. Eliot |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Illustrated Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 56 pages |
| Published | : | August 30th 1982 by Harcourt Brace & Company (first published 1939) |
| Categories | : | Poetry. Classics. Fiction. Animals. Cats. Humor. Childrens |
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A CAT’S A CAT!Before a Cat will condescend
To treat you as a trusted friend,
Some little token of esteem
Is needed, like a dish of cream;
And you might now and then supply
Some caviare, or Strassburg Pie,
Some potted grouse, or salmon paste -
He’s sure to have his personal taste.
A Cat’s entitled to expect
These evidences of respect.
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Ratings: 4.08 From 22633 Users | 1435 ReviewsCommentary About Books Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Someone should set this to music.This book was on my Recommendations book shelf, I hope because I'm a huge fan of Edward Gorey, not a crazy cat lady. Unfortunately for me, my library didn't have the edition that Gorey illustrated. So, I read this one. Actually, the illustrations were the only thing I enjoyed about the book. I felt like Eliot was trying too hard to be clever with the names and none of them worked for me. Cap'n Wussenfuss, now that would've been a good name but he didn't come up with that name, I did. They have
Old T.S. Eliot really could do it all; he could write poetry to suit any mood or occasion. You want a hellish descent into the despair of a lonely, middle-aged man? Fine, heres The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (1915). You want the definitive, epic setting-forth of the bleak modernist abyss, with countless literary and cultural allusions blasting at you in bits and pieces, like a radio forever set on Seek? Alright, heres The Waste Land (1922). And if all you want is a series of whimsical
It always raises a smile when I finally get to read something that has had so much influence and been referenced so many times and yet I had NOT a clue about it. True I knew it was from T S Eliot and that it was written for his younger family member but beyond that it was limited to the hype around the stage show and that was about it.However once you start digging in to it you see so many more connections. Now ironically the copy I stumbled across was connected to the stage show however for me
Book 5 of 30 for my 30 day reading challenge!I don't know how to review this book. lol it was so odd.
LOOOOOVE The Naming of Cats and the one about the mysterious cat.
I just didn't like it. I like cats and poems but these just weren't my thing.
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