Fool (2009) (edit title/settings)

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• Pocket: The narrator, a fool
• Cordelia: Lear's youngest daughter, Princess of Britain
• Regan: Lear's middle daughter, Duchess of Cornwall. Wife of the Duke of Cornwall
• Goneril: Lear's eldest daughter, Duchess of Albany. Wife of the Duke of Albany.
• Edmund: Bastard son of Gloucester.
• Lear: King of Britain
• Oswald: Steward and chamberlain to Goneril.
• Edgar: Eldest son of Gloucester, the heir to the earldom.
• Drool: An apprentice fool
• Rosemary: A witch.
• Tom: Nutter
• Curan: Captain of Lear's guard
• Mother Basil: The Mother of the Convent where Pocket was raised.
• Belette: Add a description of this character.
• Emma
• Shanker Mary
• Beggin
• Squeak
• Cornwall: Duke of Cornwall, Regan's husband
• Albany: Duke of Albany, Goneril's husband
• Gloucester: Earl of Gloucester, a friend of King Lear
• The Anchoress: A holy woman.
• Kent: Earl of Kent, close friend of King Lear.
• Burgundy: Duke of Burgundy, a suitor to Cordelia.
• France: Prince of France, a suitor to Cordelia.
• A Ghost: There's always a bloody ghost.

Quotes edit see section history

• “Aye, they announced you as a bastard. You, sir, are a bastard. And a bastard most unjust to make me die with the foul taste of of truth still on my tongue. Allow me a lie before you strike: You have such kind eyes.”

  Pocket

• “" 'Green eggs, or not green eggs? That is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to eat them in a box, with a fox-' "”

• “There's always a ghost in it.”

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• “Heinous fuckery most foul, lad. Heinous fuckery most foul.”

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• “Witches,” whispered Kent, paying tribute to the god of all things bloody fucking obvious.

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• “Y Ddraig Goch ddyry gychwyn.”1

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• “It is the mark of an educated man, and a tribute to his culture, that he look for precision in a thing only as its nature allows.”

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• “And you are a tosser,”1

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• “Ydych chi’n cymryd cerdynnau credid?”2

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• into a bushel of slippery cofishes.3

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• laid out with cold pork, the king’s dinner. He was a thin, sickly lad, chosen, no doubt, for his weakness of constitution, and a predisposition toward dropping dead at the slightest provocation. I liked to tell him my troubles, sure that they would not travel far. “Does this look poisoned to you?”

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Gloucester: is a city, district and county town of Gloucestershire in the South West region of England. Gloucester lies close to the Welsh border, and on the River Severn, approximately 32 miles (51 km) north-east of Bristol, and 45 miles (72 km) south-southwest of Birmingham.Gloucester was founded in AD 97 by the Romans under Emperor Nerva as Colonia Glevum Nervensis, and was granted its first charter in 1155 by King Henry II.
• Castle Albany
• France
• Cornwall
• Dover
• White Tower
• Spain
• England
• London
• Wales

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Glossary edit see section history

• Tosser: One who tosses, a wanker.
• Trencher: A thick, wide slice of stale bread, used like a plate.
• Farthing: The smallest denomination of English coinage, equal to one quarter of a penny.
• Cofishes: other fish in a group, coworkers, cohorts, etc.
• Sirrah: form of address, "dude."
• Portcullis: a heavy vertical grate, usually spiked on the bottom and made of or clad in iron to resist fire. Typically the inner gate of a fortress, an open grate so attackers could be hit with arrows or spears if they broke through the outer gates.
• Dirk: a knife, especially a dagger, or the act of using a dagger on someone.
• Solar: a sitting room or parlor in the top story of a tower. The tower unblocked by outer walls receives a lot of sun, thus the name.
• Blighty: Britain, Great Britain; slang
• A Natural: the "Natural" jester was one who had some physical deformity or anomaly, a hunchback, a dwarf, a giant, Down's syndrome, etc. Naturals were thought to have been "touched" by God.
• The dog's bullocks!: excellent! The bee's knees! The cat's pj's
• Chamberlain: a servant usually in charge of running a castle or household
• Barbican: a gatehouse, or extension of the castle wall beyond the gatehouse used for defense of the main gate, often connected to a drawbridge
• Snogging, to snog: kissing, making out, swapping spit, sucking face
• Poofter: homosexual
• Ponced: verb form of "ponce," a gay man, meaning to walk in a gay manner. Could possibly be a real word.
• Mummers: traveling entertainers often associated with winter solstice celebrations, but could be anything from acrobats to a theatrical troupe.
• Y Ddraig Goch ddyry gychwyn: Welsh, "The Red Dragon should go forward!" Originally the Welsh National Motto. Later replaced by "Yes, we have shepherd's pie!"
• Ydych chi'n cymryd cerdynnau credid?: Welsh, "Do you take credit cards?"
• Nuncle: Archaic, uncle
• Curtain wall: the outer wall of a castle compound, usually surrounding all of the buildings
• Bailey: courtyard inside a castle wall
• Hecate: Greek goddess of witchcraft, sorcery and ghosts
• Fit: British slang, attractive, sexy
• Gefilte fish: a poached ground fish patty, usually made of carp
• Decolletage: cleavage
• lamb: in poetry; a metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
• Slag: British slang for tramp
• Dugs: Breasts
• Perfidy: treachery
• Nyx: Greek goddess of the night
• Cat's paw: a small crowbar, often used by thieves to jimmy windows open

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Christopher Moore (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: PS3563.O594 F65 2009
• Dewey: 813.6

Notes for Parents edit see section history

This really is a book for adults or older teens because of the lanuage used. Sexual references, adult themes, and foul language.

Subjects edit see section history

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