Name: The Sunny Side
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Author: A. A. Milne
ISBN: 9781508420958

Type

Physical Book

Author

A. A. Milne

Publisher

Createspace

Language

English

Pages

174

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.3 x 12.7 x 1.0 cm

Weight

0.20 kg.

ISBN13

9781508420958

Synopsis "The Sunny Side"

My publisher wants me to apologize for-"introduce" was the kindly word he used-this collection of articles and verses from Punch. I do so with pleasure. Among the many interests of a long and varied career- No, I don't think I shall begin like that. It was early in 1871- Nor like that. Really it is very difficult, you know. I wrote these things for a number of years, and-well, here they are. But just to say "Here they are" is to be too informal for my publisher. He wants, not a casual introduction, but a presentation. Let me tell you a little story instead. When war broke out, I had published three of these books in England, the gleanings of nine years' regular work for Punch. There are, I understand, a few Americans who read Punch, and it was suggested to me that a suitable collection of articles from these three books might have some sort of American sale. So I made such a collection, leaving out the more topical and allusive sketches, and including those with a more general appeal. I called the result "Happy Days"-an attractive title, you will agree-and in 1915 a New York publisher was found for it.

A. A. Milne

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Alan Alexander Milne, conocido como A. A. Milne, fue un escritor británico nacido en 1882, célebre por crear el universo de Winnie-the-Pooh. Antes de alcanzar fama mundial en la literatura infantil, desarrolló una sólida carrera como dramaturgo y colaborador de la revista Punch, destacándose por su ingenio y sentido del humor. Sin embargo, fue la publicación de las historias del entrañable oso Pooh, inspiradas en su hijo Christopher Robin, la que lo convirtió en un autor imprescindible dentro de la narrativa para niños.

El éxito de Pooh y sus amigos —como Piglet, Tigger e Ígor— definió gran parte de su legado, aunque Milne también escribió novelas, ensayos y poesía. Obras como The House at Pooh Corner consolidaron su impacto cultural, trascendiendo generaciones y adaptándose a múltiples formatos. Su estilo sencillo, cálido y profundamente humano le permitió capturar la esencia de la infancia con una naturalidad que sigue vigente hasta hoy.

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