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Who it's for
A good fit for
- General readers interested in English humorous literature and satirical short pieces
- Intermediate and advanced English learners who want light original English books for extensive reading
- Readers who enjoy comic verse and short bantering texts
- Enthusiasts studying English popular literature of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
Not a good fit for
- Readers expecting a full-length novel with plot and character arcs
- Beginners with weak English who need notes and translation
- Researchers seeking systematic literary history
Reading tips
- Read in sections, one or two pieces at a time; there is no need to finish in one sitting.
- Read rhymes and irony aloud to catch the rhythm of English humor.
- Keep a vocabulary notebook for old-fashioned expressions and slang.
- Read alongside Graham's other comic verse to appreciate his style.
About the publisher
Project Gutenberg is a digital publishing project focused on public-domain ebooks. Its publishing direction centers on classic literary works whose copyright has expired, covering genres such as poetry, drama, fiction, and epic. Representative books include Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge, Proust's Du côté de chez Swann, Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Homer's The Iliad, Dante's La Divina Comèdia: Purgatòri, Cervantes's The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, and Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Its author resources consist mainly of classic Western writers such as Wordsworth, Proust, Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Grahame, and Tolstoy. Its publishing feature is the provision of freely accessible ebooks in EPUB and Kindle formats; it is not a traditional publisher, and publicly available information is limited.
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About the author
Harry Graham (1874–1936) was a British journalist, humorous poet and lyricist, born on 23 December 1874 and died in London on 30 October 1936. Educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he served early on as an officer in the Coldstream Guards and later became known by the pen name "Colonel D. Streamer." Graham made his name with collections of darkly comic verse, including Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes and Perverted Proverbs, works that often subvert moral lessons and everyday common sense in playful rhyme laced with cool irony. He also wrote lyrics for several musical comedies, showing a versatile way with words. The library holds 10 of his works, commonly classified under inspirational growth, though his writing is closer to British comic and satirical verse. Public information is limited.
