Written by T. S. Eliot

Publisher: Harcourt Brace & Company
Pages: 56
Genre: Poems
Published: 1939-10-05
Original Language: English

T. S. Eliot's playful cat poems have delighted readers and cat lovers around the world ever since they were first published in 1939. They were originally composed for his godchildren, with Eliot posing as Old Possum himself, and later inspired the legendary musical Cats.

Read in English
Rating: 4/5
Review: As I like the musical Cats, I picked up this book to check out the source material. They’re essentially funny, feel-good poems about cats. I can imagine cat-owners might get a little more from these poems than I did, but they were still entertaining.