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The Secret Life of Books Season 2 Episode 2

Nicholas Parsons, a lifelong fan of Edward Lear, revisits the book that gave the world The Owl and the Pussycat to explore the fine line between joy and melancholy in Lear’s writing and discover how the epileptic, bronchial, asthmatic depressive pioneered a new kind of poetry that married brilliant wordplay with astonishing artwork.

Episode Title: Edward Lear's Nonsense Songs

Air Date: 2015-10-19