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    Winnie Ille Pu

    Author A. A. Milne
    Translated by Alexander Lenard
    Notes by Israel Walker
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    $17.00 US
    Penguin Adult HC/TR | Penguin Books
    On sale Jun 20, 1991 | 160 Pages | 9780140153392
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    Happy 90th birthday (10/14/16) to one of the world's most beloved icons of literature, Winnie-the-Pooh!

    “    Pooh has been a classic for so long, it's about time it showed up in a classical tongue.” —The New York Times Book Review

    The publishing history of Winnie Ille Pu is among the most famous in all of publishing: how a privately printed Latin translation of A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh, originally issued in a 300-copy edition, eventually became the only book in Latin ever to grace the New York Times bestseller list. Whether you're calling on long-ago high school Latin lessons or are fully proficient in the language, you'll delight in once again meeting Christopher Robin, Eeyore, Owl, Piglet, Kanga, tiny Roo, and, of course, Pooh himself.

    This is a revised edition with notes and a glossary.
    Winnie Ille PuI: Nobis ostentantur Innie ille Pu atque apes nonnullae et incipiunt fabalae

    II: Pu visitatum it et in angustias incurrit

    III: Pu ac Porcellus venatum prodeunt et paene vusillum captant

    IV: Ior caudam amittit et Pu caudam quendam invenit

    V: Porcellus in heffalumpum incidit

    VI: Ior Natalem agit Diem et duo dona accipit

    VII: Canga et Ru ille parvulus in silvam veniunt it Porcellus balneo utitur

    VIII: Christophorus Robinus expotitionem ad Palum Septentrionalem ducit

    IX: Porcellus ab omni parte aquis circumdatus est

    X: Christophorus Robinus convivium in honorem Pui dat et 'Valete' dicimus

    Appendix
    Notes
    Glossary

    A. A. Milne (1882-1956) was born in England. He studied at Cambridge but left school in 1903 to write, soon supporting himself on his earnings as an editor at Punch magazine and as a playwright. His son Christopher Robin Milne was born in 1920. Christopher's toy bear, pig, donkey, tiger, and kangaroo inspired the famous Pooh books. Milne also wrote plays, a novel, his autobiography, and political nonfiction, although he is best remembered for Winnie-the-Pooh, The House at Pooh Corner, When We Were Very Young, and Now We Are Six. View titles by A. A. Milne
    “An altogether ingenious tour de force.”
    —The Washington Post

    “A book anyone with even the slightest knowledge of Latin can enjoy . . . It does more to attract interest in Latin than Cicero, Caesar, and Virgil combined.”
    —Chicago Tribune

    “Pooh has been a classic for so long, it's about time it showed up in a classical tongue.”
    —The New York Times Book Review

    “Surely the ultimate canonization of a great children's classic.”
    —Des Moines Register

    “A brilliantly funny book . . . Nothing is skipped, every word is there.”
    —New York Herald Tribune Book Review

    “Proof that humor is not dead, even if Latin is supposed to be.”
    —New York World Telegram & Sun

    “It is hard to conceive of a Latin work more calculated than this attractive volume to fascinate the modern public, young and old.”
    —Christian Science Monitor

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    Happy 90th birthday (10/14/16) to one of the world's most beloved icons of literature, Winnie-the-Pooh!

    “    Pooh has been a classic for so long, it's about time it showed up in a classical tongue.” —The New York Times Book Review

    The publishing history of Winnie Ille Pu is among the most famous in all of publishing: how a privately printed Latin translation of A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh, originally issued in a 300-copy edition, eventually became the only book in Latin ever to grace the New York Times bestseller list. Whether you're calling on long-ago high school Latin lessons or are fully proficient in the language, you'll delight in once again meeting Christopher Robin, Eeyore, Owl, Piglet, Kanga, tiny Roo, and, of course, Pooh himself.

    This is a revised edition with notes and a glossary.

    Table of Contents

    Winnie Ille PuI: Nobis ostentantur Innie ille Pu atque apes nonnullae et incipiunt fabalae

    II: Pu visitatum it et in angustias incurrit

    III: Pu ac Porcellus venatum prodeunt et paene vusillum captant

    IV: Ior caudam amittit et Pu caudam quendam invenit

    V: Porcellus in heffalumpum incidit

    VI: Ior Natalem agit Diem et duo dona accipit

    VII: Canga et Ru ille parvulus in silvam veniunt it Porcellus balneo utitur

    VIII: Christophorus Robinus expotitionem ad Palum Septentrionalem ducit

    IX: Porcellus ab omni parte aquis circumdatus est

    X: Christophorus Robinus convivium in honorem Pui dat et 'Valete' dicimus

    Appendix
    Notes
    Glossary

    Author

    A. A. Milne (1882-1956) was born in England. He studied at Cambridge but left school in 1903 to write, soon supporting himself on his earnings as an editor at Punch magazine and as a playwright. His son Christopher Robin Milne was born in 1920. Christopher's toy bear, pig, donkey, tiger, and kangaroo inspired the famous Pooh books. Milne also wrote plays, a novel, his autobiography, and political nonfiction, although he is best remembered for Winnie-the-Pooh, The House at Pooh Corner, When We Were Very Young, and Now We Are Six. View titles by A. A. Milne

    Praise

    “An altogether ingenious tour de force.”
    —The Washington Post

    “A book anyone with even the slightest knowledge of Latin can enjoy . . . It does more to attract interest in Latin than Cicero, Caesar, and Virgil combined.”
    —Chicago Tribune

    “Pooh has been a classic for so long, it's about time it showed up in a classical tongue.”
    —The New York Times Book Review

    “Surely the ultimate canonization of a great children's classic.”
    —Des Moines Register

    “A brilliantly funny book . . . Nothing is skipped, every word is there.”
    —New York Herald Tribune Book Review

    “Proof that humor is not dead, even if Latin is supposed to be.”
    —New York World Telegram & Sun

    “It is hard to conceive of a Latin work more calculated than this attractive volume to fascinate the modern public, young and old.”
    —Christian Science Monitor

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