Gilbert W.S. The Bab Ballads. Belloc Hilaire. Cautionary Verses

Narrated by: Stanley Holloway; Joyce Grenfell. — Caedmon Records, 1979. — 222 kbps. Продолжительность: 00:49:39Cautionary Tales for Children: Designed for the Admonition of Children between the ages of eight and fourteen years is a 1907 children's book written by Hilaire Belloc. It is a parody of the cautionary tales that were popular in the 19th century.The Bab Ballads is a collection of light verses by W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911), illustrated with his own comic drawings. The book takes its title from Gilbert's childhood nickname. He later began to sign his illustrations "Bab". Gilbert wrote the "ballads" collected in the book before he became famous for his comic opera librettos with Arthur Sullivan. In writing these verses Gilbert developed his "topsy-turvy" style in which the humour is derived by setting up a ridiculous premise and working out its logical consequences, however absurd. The ballads also reveal Gilbert's cynical and satirical approach to humour.They became famous on their own, as well as being a source for plot elements, characters and songs that Gilbert recycled in the Gilbert and Sullivan operas. They were read aloud at private dinner-parties, at public banquets and even in the House of Lords. The ballads have been much published, and some have been recorded or otherwise adapted.The Sensation Captain
Ben Allah Achmet or The Fatal Tum
Phrenology
The Ape And the Lady
Babette's Love
Peter The Wag
The Yarn Of The 'Nancy Bell'
About John, Who Lost A Fortune by Throwing Stones
Jim, Who Ran Away From His Nurse And Was Eaten By A Lion
Henry King, Who Chewed Bits Of String And Was Early Cut Off In dreadful Agonies
Gondolphin Horne, Who was Cursed With the Sin Of Pride And Became A Boot-Black
Matilda, Who told Lies And Was Burned To Death
Algernon, Who Played With a Loaded Gun And, On Missing His Sister, Was Reprimanded By His Father
Lord Lundy, Who Was Too Freely Moved To Tears, and Thereby Ruined His Political Career / Lord Lundy (Second Canto)
George, Who Played With A Dangerous Toy And Suffered A Catastrophe Of Considerable Dimensions
Maria, Who Made Faces And A Deplorable Marriage
Sarah Byng, Who Could Not Read And Was Tossed Into A Thorny Hedge By A Bull
Charles Augustus Fortescue, Who Always Did What Was Right, And So Accumulated An Immense Fortune
Jack And His Pony, Tom
Tom And His Pony, Jack
The Example
The Garden Party