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The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits

Lewis Carroll · 1876

A nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll, published in 1876, told in eight parts. It follows a captain and his eccentric crew, including a Beaver, a Baker, and a Butcher, who voyage to an island to hunt a mysterious creature called the Snark.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

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