The Sunny Side

Name: The Sunny Side
Rating: 4 (1 reviews)
Author: Unknown Author
ISBN: 9780061454714

by Unknown Author

4.0

(1 ratings)

312 pages2007HarperCollinsISBN 9780061454714

English wit and humor Children's fiction Adventure and adventurers, fiction Humorous stories Short stories Essays Fiction, short stories (single author)Collected works (single author, multi-form)

Open in BookOwl Download on App Store

About this book

Drawing from a collection of stories originally published in 1921 and chosen exclusively by the author himself, The Sunny Side gathers the best short works by the inimitable A. A. Milne, best known as the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh. Written for the satire magazine Punch, these brief stories and essays perfectly capture Milne's sly humor, beguiling social insight, and scathing wit. From "Odd Verses" to "War Sketches," "Summer Days" to "Men of Letters," Milne takes his readers from the stiff British drawing room to the irreverent joy of a boy's day at the beach.--From publisher description.

Publication Details

Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2007
Pages: 312
ISBN: 9780061454714
Language: en

About Unknown Author

A. A. Milne was born in Kilburn, London and went to school at a small independent school run by his father, John Vine Milne. He went to Westminster School and studied mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was married in 1913, and then joined the British Army in World War I. In 1920, his son, Christopher Robin Milne, was born. In 1925, Milne moved to a country home called Cotchford Farm in Hartfield, East Sussex. Winnie-the-Pooh, Milne's most famous work, was published in 1926. Although he had his greatest success with his books for children, he stopped writing works for children by the end of the decade, saying that the source of his inspiration for children's stories, his son, had grown older. He continued to write works for adults, although he was frustrated to find that these works were not nearly as popular as his children's books. Milne retired to Cotchford Farm after a stroke and brain surgery in 1952 left him an invalid, and he died in 1956.