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Dr. Seuss's Little-Known Book of Nudes [NOT an April Fool's Day joke!]
The Atlantic ^
| 3/2/12
| Maria Popova
Posted on 04/01/2012 7:20:13 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows
One hundred eight years ago today, the world welcomed Theodor Seuss Geisel, better-known as Dr. Seusslegendary children's book author, radical ideologist, lover of reading. Among his many creative feats is a fairly unknown, fairly scandalous one: In 1939, when Geisel left Vanguard for Random House, he had one condition for his new publisher, Bennett Cerfthat he would let Geisel do an "adult" book first. The result was The Seven Lady Godivas: The True Facts Concerning History's Barest Family, which tells the story of nudist sisters who, after their father's death, pledge not to wed until each of them has "brought to the light of the world some new and worthy Horse Truth, of benefit to man."
(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...
TOPICS: Books/Literature; History; Humor; Weird Stuff
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Illustrations at source - NOT pornography!
To: Slings and Arrows; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
Would you do it with a fox?
Would you do it wearing socks?
Would you do it with a goose?
Would you do it with a moose?
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posted on
04/01/2012 7:22:56 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows
I’ll never look at green eggs and ham the same way again!
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posted on
04/01/2012 7:23:44 PM PDT
by
JaguarXKE
To: JaguarXKE
Does that mean you DO like green eggs and ham?
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posted on
04/01/2012 7:25:42 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows
With a book titled “Gerald McBoing Boing”? Hmmm...maybe we should have known...
To: Slings and Arrows
I know I’ve seen it somewhere. Is it a collector’s item, I wonder?
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posted on
04/01/2012 7:49:19 PM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Slings and Arrows
Is Regina Fipple in there?
Olivia Boliver Butt?
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posted on
04/01/2012 7:57:02 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Cicero
I know Ive seen it somewhere. Is it a collectors item, I wonder?Probably Universal Studios. They have collections of his nude drawings for sale. It's not like this was some big secret.
To: Slings and Arrows
Interesting quote at the end:
The book, however, was a complete flop. Ten thousand copies were printed on the first run, and only about 2,500 were sold. The Seven Lady Godivas eventually went out of print, causing Geisel to later say:
"I attempted to draw the sexiest babes I could, but they came out looking absurd."
Absurd as they might be, and oddly unerotic despite the nudity, the illustrations are a treat, perhaps in that so-bad-it's-good kind of way, or perhaps because they offer endearing reassurance that even genius can falter.
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posted on
04/01/2012 8:18:33 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?)
To: Cicero
My mother has my grandfather’s copy. It’s cute, the mildest naughtiness. And in the same drawing style he used for his children’s books.
To: Ramius
I thought he was trying to be funny with the artwork. Ouch.
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posted on
04/01/2012 8:23:34 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
04/01/2012 8:25:20 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?)
To: Slings and Arrows
To: Slings and Arrows
Careful.......watch o-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t!!!!
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posted on
04/01/2012 8:41:29 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
To: mylife
Is Regina Fipple in there? Olivia Boliver Butt? Hey, that's my sister you're talking about!
To: Oliver Boliver Butt
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posted on
04/01/2012 8:52:43 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Slings and Arrows
Guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty!
Cheers!
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posted on
04/01/2012 8:53:40 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Doesn’t surprise me the guy is a pervert, he liked children after all.
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posted on
04/01/2012 9:03:45 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: Slings and Arrows
Dr. Seuss's Little-Known Book of Nudes [NOT an April Fool's Day joke!] They'll spin their trumtookas. They'll slam their slooslunkas.
They'll beat their blumbloopas. They'll wham their whowonkas.
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posted on
04/01/2012 9:06:24 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(You only have three billion heartbeats in a lifetime.How many does the government claim as its own?)
To: heartwood
It’s worth quite a bit of money. The cheapest amazon copy is selling for about $119 dollars.
I’ve seen it before, think it’s sort of cute.
BTW, according to the amazon pictures, the 7 Lady Godivas are
Gertrude
Mitzi
Arabella
Dorcas
Hedwig
Teenie
Gussie
and Lulu.
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posted on
04/01/2012 9:14:32 PM PDT
by
I still care
(I miss my friends, bagels, and the NYC skyline - but not the taxes. I love the South.)
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