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Swollen-headed William

by Edward Verrall Lucas · 1914

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A parody of Heinrich Hoffmann's Struwwelpeter, lampooning Kaiser Wilhelm II.

Genre
humorhumorMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1910s1910sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 20 pages
Form
poetrypoetryMore like thisLess of this

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