What a Life! (novel)
What A Life! is a work of satirical fiction by Edward Verrall Lucas and George Morrow published in 1911. The book is best known for its inventive narrative technique: the story takes the reader through the life of an upper-class British gentleman, with the plot being dictated by the book's illustrations, which the authors took from a copy of Whiteley's General Catalogue (Whiteley's was a London department store at the time). It was included in the 1936 MOMA exhibition "Fantastic Art, Dada, and Surrealism".
| Author | E. V. Lucas & George Morrow |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Satirical, Autobiographical novel |
| Publisher | Methuen |
Publication date | 17 August 1911 |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Though the book is still copyrighted in the United Kingdom, it is in the public domain in the US.
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Release details
- 1911, UK, Methuen & Co. (ISBN NA), Pub date August 17, 1911, hardback (First edition)
- 1975, US, Dover Publications (ISBN 0-486-23133-X), Pub date ? ? 1975, paperback
- 1987, US, Dover Publications (ISBN 0-486-23133-X), Pub date May 20, 1987, paperback (reissue)
- 1987, UK, William Collins Sons & Co. (ISBN 0-00-217796-X), Pub date October 19, 1987, hardback
- 2015, FR, Quelle vie!, Editions Prairial (ISBN 979-10-93699-05-9), July 1, 2015, paperback
- 2018, US, Black Scat Books (ISBN 978-1-7323506-9-4), Pub date May 16, 2018, paperback
References
- Lucas, E.V.; George Morrow (August 17, 1911). What A Life!. London: Methuen.
- "Julie L'Enfant reviews Maxwell's The Victorian Illustrated Book". Retrieved 2006-12-15.
- "Quelle vie!". Books by ISBN. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
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