Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2011-01-24 Public domain in the USA. 232 Graham, Harry 1874 1936 Streamer, Col. D. Col. D. Streamer Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes Reading ease score: 76.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Mark C. Orton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes" by Harry Graham is a collection of satirical and darkly humorous verses written in the early 20th century. The book presents a series of cleverly crafted poems that explore themes of mischief, morbidity, and familial relationships through a tone of whimsical cruelty. The work encapsulates a playful yet sinister perspective on childhood and parenting, reflecting the era's fascination with both innocence and darker societal issues. The collection is filled with verses that recount various misadventures and mishaps involving children and their relatives. Each poem introduces characters who engage in wildly inappropriate and often fatal antics, such as a parent punishing a child with exaggerated consequences or siblings concocting schemes that result in calamities. The humor is sharp and sometimes macabre, with hidden critiques of Victorian societal norms regarding family, childhood, and morality. Through its combination of playful language and grim humor, the book challenges readers to confront the absurdities of human behavior and the traditions upheld in heartless homes. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Humorous poetry, English PR Text Browsing: Humour Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 68856 68790 2024-10-15T03:43:13.151459 2023-09-15T09:32:23.022486 text/html text/html 67230 2021-01-07T10:41:03 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 595042 2021-01-07T10:41:03 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 685346 2024-10-15T03:43:20.717419 application/epub+zip 684113 2024-10-15T03:43:16.973450 application/epub+zip 77633 2024-10-15T03:43:15.429446 application/epub+zip 756129 2024-10-15T03:43:23.128464 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 732529 2024-10-15T03:43:19.559424 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 166886 2022-09-16T06:41:44.086376 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 46562 46356 2024-10-15T03:43:12.550463 2023-09-15T09:32:22.461477 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 46477 2021-01-07T10:41:03 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 16785 2021-01-07T10:41:03 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 46468 2021-01-07T10:41:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16761 2021-01-07T10:41:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21513 2024-10-15T03:43:23.263401 application/rdf+xml 13215 2024-10-15T03:43:15.972465 image/jpeg 3003 2024-10-15T03:43:15.700433 image/jpeg 676060 2024-10-15T03:43:13.216467 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia