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Rich Man, Poor Woman, Bogyman, Thief
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Artikel-Nr:
9781990919008
Veröffentl:
2020
Erscheinungsdatum:
16.11.2020
Seiten:
290
Autor:
Co Stephens
Gewicht:
372 g
Format:
216x140x17 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
The title has a familiar poetic ring to it. It is the second half of a rhyme that goes back to 1475, when William Caxton wrote a book about games The Game and Playe of the Cheese. It was a divination game, about who you were going to marry. Then AA Milne recycled it in 1927, in Now We Are Six. It is a playful turn of phrase, but serious too. So it is both traditional and relevant, like the book, which has recycled "beggar man" as "bogyman", to fit the narrative. And for gender balance, "poor man" has changed to "poor woman"... in keeping with the times.