Scribd Logo

Language

Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

Enjoy millions of ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, and more, with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

Bab Ballads And Savoy Songs
Bab Ballads And Savoy Songs
Bab Ballads And Savoy Songs
Ebook180 pages1 hour

Bab Ballads And Savoy Songs

By W. H. Gilbert

()

Read preview

About this ebook

This book contains a collection of verse written and illustrated by W. S. Gilbert. "The Bab Ballads" was written prior to his becoming famous for his comic opera "Librettos", and was integral to the development of his famous "topsy-turvy" style. This approach entailed silly situations being followed through to their logical conclusions - in hilarious style. This volume is highly recommended for lovers of comic literature, and is not to be missed by fans and collectors of Gilbert's work. William Schwenck Gilbert (1836-1911) was an English dramatist, illustrator and poet, most famous for the co-writing the Savoy operas with Sir Arthur Sullivan. Many vintage texts such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now, in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherRead Books Ltd.
Release dateMar 10, 2016
ISBN9781473360846
Bab Ballads And Savoy Songs
Read preview

Related to Bab Ballads And Savoy Songs

Related ebooks

Related podcast episodes

Related articles

  • Article

    Reactions

    Aug 12, 2020

    Reactions
    2 min read

  • Article

    Aspen Words Literary Prize Awarded to Tayari Jones

    Apr 12, 2019

    The Aspen Words Literary Prize was awarded yesterday to Tayari Jones for An American Marriage, at a ceremony in New York City. The prize, which operates out of the Aspen Institute, awards $35,000 annually to “an influential work of fiction that illum

    1 min read

  • Article

    About The Author

    Mar 25, 2020

    Leah Swann, 49, was born in Melbourne where she remembers a childhood “full of daydreaming, playing outside, storytelling, drawing and reading”. She was always filling notebooks with stories and says over time “it dawned on me I was a writer”. A volu

    1 min read

  • Article

    Lancashire And Its Dialect

    Dec 2, 2021

    The Edwin Waugh Dialect Society has no less than seven trophies on offer to the winners of their annual writing competitions for poetry and prose and a further three trophies for the best overall entries. The winning writers, or their proxy, will be

    1 min read

  • Article

    The Wordsmith

    Oct 7, 2019

    The Wordsmith
    2 min read

  • Article

    The Uncomfortable Whiteness of Contemporary War Literature

    Oct 17, 2017

    One can hope that we might draw lessons from the Vietnam War’s legacy of near-erasure of non-white experiences; that the growth of veterans writing workshops and anthologies will represent to future generations a more complete picture of The Forever

    8 min read

  • Article

    EDITOR’S Note

    Jun 16, 2021

    CERTAIN BOOKS, IF WE ARE LUCKY TO ENCOUNTER THEM at just the right moment, exert a kind of emotional-intellectual-gravitational force on us. Time slows down; the mind opens up. Maybe this is what we mean when we say a work of art “speaks” to us. I wa

    2 min read

  • Article

    Conferencescene

    Mar 20, 2019

    Enjoy some Midwestern hospitality at this intimate conference known for its regional flair. WHEN: May 10–11, 2019. WHERE: Best Western Premier Waterfront Hotel & Convention Center, Oshkosh, Wis. PRICE: $75. Fee includes Saturday lunch. A special co

    2 min read

  • Article

    Literary MagNet

    Feb 16, 2022

    “I see these stories as quiet rebellions, flawed protests,” says Sara Lippmann about Jerks (Mason Jar Press, March 2022), her second story collection. The characters in Jerks search for a release from the confines of modern life—the demands of mother

    3 min read

  • Article

    Meet The Winner! Jon Gingerich

    Jan 1, 2020

    “I was stunned,” says Gingerich on learning his story “Thornhope, Indiana” had won first place, publication in the Post, and a prize of $500. “It took a day or two to sink in. I’m still in a daze about it. Just completely gob-smacked.” “Thornhope, In

    1 min read

  • Article

    The Millions Top Ten: August 2017

    Sep 7, 2017

    Laurent Binet and Victor LaValle join the list. The post The Millions Top Ten: August 2017 appeared first on The Millions.

    2 min read

  • Article

    Conference Scene

    Jul 31, 2019

    Learn how your writing can create change in the world at this long-running conference in the City by the Bay. WHEN: Sept. 14, 2019. WHERE: First Unitarian Universalist Church & Center, San Francisco. PRICE: $199. WHAT MAKES THE CONFERENCE UNIQUE: I

    2 min read

  • Article

    Conference Scene

    May 8, 2019

    Give your writing the love it deserves at this long-running specialty conference where romance is king. WHEN: July 24–27, 2019. WHERE: New York Marriott Marquis, New York City. PRICE: $549 for RWA members, $624 for nonmembers through June 26; $649

    2 min read

  • Article

    Conference Scene

    Mar 16, 2020

    Enjoy a full day of intense instruction at this “How to Get Published” writing event sponsored by Writing Day Workshops in Culver City. WHEN: May 2, 2020. WHERE: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Los Angeles, Westside, Culver City, Calif. PRICE: $189 regi

    2 min read

  • Article

    … Take A Brief Reprieve Through A Classic Form Made Fresh?

    Mar 8, 2020

    It’s easy to attribute the appeal of a short story to our ever-waning attention spans, or the lack of free time to consume anything longer than a couple of thousand words. But moral panic aside, there’s always been something joyous about the fleeting

    1 min read

  • Article

    Flashes

    Jul 1, 2021

    The Stephen Spender Prize for Poetry in Translation invites entries of poems in any language that have been translated into English. In the open category the prizes are £1,000, £500 and £250, and a £9 entry fee. There is also a Youth Prize and a Spot

    1 min read

  • Article

    Proud Win

    Jun 4, 2020

    Juno Dawson’s Proud, an anthology of stories and poetry by YA LGBTQ+ authors, was named Book of the Year at the Visionary Honours 2020, the UK’s first showbiz awards to celebrate diversity and inclusion in the arts, culture and entertainment industri

    1 min read

  • Article

    Cautiously Tiptoeing…

    Jan 7, 2021

    ‘We (Anne Forrest and Judy Price), both left school at fifteen with little opportunity for further education until decades later when Judith studied for a BA, and Anne for a Masters, in English Literature with Creative Writing at Wales’ Bangor Univer

    1 min read

  • Article

    Cashing In

    Oct 15, 2019

    Non-writers often assume authors fall into one of two categories: The Starving Artist, surviving on crumbs of bread and the passion of our prose, or the Celebrity Author, netting Stephen King- or J.K. Rowling-size royalties. Authors live in mansions

    2 min read

  • Article

    Featured Book

    Aug 23, 2021

    by Carol Markwell The Cuba Press — $40 Although not unknown to students of early European New Zealand literature, the name of Blanche Baughan is likely to be unfamiliar outside academe. A few general readers may be aware that her poetry was sanctifie

    2 min read

Related categories

Reviews for Bab Ballads And Savoy Songs

0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?