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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.Rating Appertaining To Books Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
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Book 5 of 30 for my 30 day reading challenge!I don't know how to review this book. lol it was so odd.T.S. Eliot is known for masterworks of poetry like The Waste Land, but somehow also the author of this delightful collection of cat poems. The full book consists of 15 very short poems, most of which describe a distinct personality of cat. There's the cat who can never be pleased, for example, the thieving cat, the old wise cat. Each cat has a creative name which mirrors their personality.Eliot's poems are the source material for Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats which is what inspired me to
[Just like a BUMbersticker:]Like this Review if you like cats but hate Cats (and can tell the dIFFĂ©rance).the ReVue:T.S. Elliot poetry about cats.Edward Gorey drawings about cats.Cats doing what cats do.A winning trilogy of characters, that.
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
Favourites - The Old Gumbie CatThe Rum Tum TuggerMr. MistoffeleesGus: the Theater Cat.THE RUM TUM TUGGERThe Rum Tum Tugger is a Curious Cat:If you offer him pheasant he would rather have grouse,If you put him in a house he would much prefer a flat,If you put him in a flat then he'd rather have a house.If you set him on a mouse then he only wants a rat,If you set him on a rat then he'd rather chase a mouse.Yes the Rum Tum Tugger is a Curious Cat And there isn't any call for me to shout it: For he
I love, love, love this book. And of course I also love cats. I've read this book many times and was so amazed that someone took the poetry and made it into a Broadway play, which, of course, I also love. Amazing!
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
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