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Title: Old Possums Book of Practical Cats

Author: T. S. Eliot

Narrator: Miranda Richardson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 47 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-29-15

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 25 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 5-7

Publisher's Summary:

A delightful new recording of T. S. Eliot's beloved cat poems. Cats! Some are sane, some are mad and some are good and some are bad.

Meet magical Mr. Mistoffelees, sleepy Old Deuteronomy and curious Rum Tum Tugger. But you'll be lucky to meet Macavity because Macavity's not there!

In 1925, T. S. Eliot became codirector of Faber & Faber, who remain his publishers to this day. Throughout the 1930s he composed the now famous poems about Macavity, Old Deuteronomy, Mr. Mistoffelees and many other cats, under the name of 'Old Possum'.

In 1981, Eliot's poems were set to music by Andrew Lloyd Webber as Cats, which went on to become the longest-running Broadway musical in history.

Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in St Louis, Missouri, in 1888. He came to England in 1914 and published his first book of poems in 1917. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. Eliot died in 1965.

Members Reviews:

Beautifully done!

A beloved book, a beautiful reading. I just sat down to listen with my eyes closed and, from time to time, an Edward Gorey drawing would come to mind.

Cat lovers everywhere should give it a listen.

First rate

I must have listened to this half a dozen times and each time I still chuckle at the humour and characterization. Love it and sent a hard copy to my granddaughter.