1,000 Years of Laughter - Griff Rhys Jones - Music - NAXOS - 9781094009674 - September 17, 2019
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1,000 Years of Laughter

Griff Rhys Jones

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1,000 Years of Laughter

Laughter is unique to man. This delightful anthology presents some of the funniest extracts in English literature. David Timson starts with Anglo-Saxon riddles and continues with medieval memories, Tudor comic turns, and Restoration buffoonery. The rise of the novel in the eighteenth century brought classic humor from Swift, Sterne, and Smollet, passing the mantle to Charles Dickens in the nineteenth century. Included here are rarities as well, from the antiquarian's cupboard. There are also excerpts from children's literature and twentieth-century classics as diverse as Dorothy Parker and P. G. Wodehouse. 1,000 Years of Laughter is entertainment from start to finish.

Media Music     CD   (Compact Disc)
Number of discs 1
Released September 17, 2019
ISBN13 9781094009674
Label NAXOS
Dimensions 171 × 159 × 32 mm   ·   150 g   (Weight (estimated))

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