| Author |
Anonymous |
| Title |
The World Turned Upside Down
Or, No News, and Strange News
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| Note |
Reading ease score: 85.4 (6th grade). Easy to read.
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| Credits |
Produced by David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.
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| Summary |
"The World Turned Upside Down" by Anonymous is a whimsical collection of verses likely composed during the early 19th century. This book is characterized by its playful and satirical tone, using humorous illustrations and verses to present a world where the ordinary is turned on its head. The overarching theme explores the absurdity of everyday life and the curious inversions of roles and activities in a light-hearted manner. The text outlines a series of charming poems that juxtapose common observations with bizarre and imaginative scenarios. Each verse begins with a familiar action, only to be followed by a shocking or absurd twist that challenges typical expectations, such as a hare chasing a dog or a bird shooting a man. This playful inversion serves to both entertain and provoke thought, as readers are invited to partake in a fantastically whimsical view of a world where everything is topsy-turvy. Various characters, from animals to human figures, populate these vignettes, reinforcing the sense of absurdity and highlighting the joy of imagination in storytelling. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Language |
English |
| LoC Class |
PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
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| Subject |
Children's poetry
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| Subject |
Picture books for children
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| Category |
Text |
| EBook-No. |
10965 |
| Release Date |
Feb 1, 2004 |
| Most Recently Updated |
Feb 6, 2004 |
| Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads |
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