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The Great Panjandrum Himself
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Artikel-Nr:
4064066107062
Veröffentl:
2020
Seiten:
703
Autor:
Samuel Foote
eBook Typ:
EPUB
eBook Format:
Reflowable
Kopierschutz:
Digital Watermark [Social-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
'The Great Panjandrum Himself' is one of sixteen picture books created by the illustrator Randolph Caldecott. The text for the book, well known during Caldecott's time, was written and published by Samuel Foote. It is based on a line of gibberish written by Foote ("And there were present the Picninnies, and the Joblillies, and the Garyulies and the Grand Panjandrum himself, with the little round button at the top."), written to test the memory of the actor Charles Macklin, who had claimed he could repeat any text verbatim after hearing it once. The term "panjandrum" has since become used to describe a powerful person, or a self-important official.