{"product_id":"the-bab-ballads-9780674058019","title":"The Bab Ballads","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): W. S. Gilbert | James Ellis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Belknap Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Belknap Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eW. S. Gilbert, renowned author of the \u003ci\u003eSavoy Operas\u003c\/i\u003e, was also the creator of the \u003ci\u003eBab Ballads\u003c\/i\u003e--\"possibly the best comic verse--and surely the best illustrated--in the English language,\" according to James Ellis. Gilbert published these poems, together with his own, grotesque drawings signed \"Bab,\" a childhood nickname, in \u003ci\u003eFun\u003c\/i\u003e and other magazines in the late nineteenth century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1898, the older and by then distinguished Gilbert substituted pallid and inoffensive drawings for the originals, which he had come to believe \"erred gravely in the direction of unnecessary extravagance.\" Since then the ballads have been collected and published in various editions, most of which have featured the revised drawings and only a selection of the poems. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the only book to offer the complete collection of ballads with all original illustrations, a tribute to the comic genius of a writer known as \"the most original dramatist of his generation.\" This collection will delight readers with its irreverence and wit.","brand":"Belknap Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47614087102615,"sku":"9780674058019","price":4168.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780674058019.webp?v=1775090982","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-bab-ballads-9780674058019","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}