Synopses & Reviews
Arranged thematicallyfrom Class and Character, Sex and Snobbery, to the Foreigners Eye Viewhere is the definitive collection of the British nations funniest quotations. Among the many great and good who dazzle us with their wit are Martin Amis, Jane Austen, Billy Connolly, Quentin Crisp, Roald Dahl, John Lennon, Queen Victoria, and Oscar Wilde.
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A hilarious caper through the annals of British humor, from Chaucer to Cleese.
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The definitive collection of the funniest quotations by Britons, covering every subject imaginable, from God to dogs. The collection is the seminal gathering of national wit, and a monument to Britains monumental silliness.
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There's nothing much left to feel good about these days if you're British, but one of the few things where we all agree that we're still a world leader is our defining sense of humour. Thematically covering every subject imaginable, from God to dogs, this collection is the seminal gathering of our national wit and a picture of who we are as a nation - a monument to our monumental silliness.
'An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one.' George Mikes
Jane Austen, Jo Brand, Craig Brown, Winston Churchill, Alan Clark, Jeremy Clarkson, Billy Connolly, Peter Cook, Tommy Cooper, Stephen Fry, A.A. Gill, Boris Johnson, Samuel Johnson, Maureen Lipman, Spike Milligan, Eric Morecambe, William Shakespeare, George Bernard Shaw, Frank Skinner, Sue Townsend, Peter Ustinov, Queen Victoria, Oscar Wilde, P.G. Wodehouse, Victoria Wood and many more.
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