Daddy's Alphabet

The wonderful poet and artist Edward Lear created a bright and amazing world that has captivated the hearts of many generations of readers. The characters in Lear's works engage in the most whimsical activities: flying on flies, teaching fish to walk, dancing a quadrille with crows, sitting on a pine tree, or walking on their heads. This book, on the contrary, will introduce you not to the eccentric heroes of limericks, but to a rather imposing Englishman — Daddy. Daddy's wisdom knows no bounds. He can eat pears or quince jelly, water himself from a watering can in the heat, take pride in his hat — everything he does is extremely important: for that's how true gentlemen behave! A magnificent translation by Grigory Mikhailovich Kruzhkov, combined with illustrations by Valery Kozlov, perfectly reflects the author's unique style and is characterized by a pronounced elegance, the significance of which in English poetry is hard to overestimate.