Project Gutenberg 2011-01-24 Public domain in the USA. 307 Graham, Harry 1874 1936 Streamer, Col. D. Col. D. Streamer Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes 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.) Reading ease score: 76.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Humorous poetry, English PR Text Category: Poetry Category: Humour Category: British Literature 68979 2025-07-14T09:14:31.326451 text/html 67230 2021-01-07T10:41:03 text/html 685418 2025-07-14T09:14:38.240401 application/epub+zip 684108 2025-07-14T09:14:34.915488 application/epub+zip 77630 2025-07-14T09:14:33.317441 application/epub+zip 756109 2025-07-14T09:14:40.431392 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 732525 2025-07-14T09:14:37.216463 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 166886 2022-09-16T06:41:44.086376 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 46562 2025-07-14T09:14:30.826436 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 46477 2021-01-07T10:41:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 46468 2021-01-07T10:41:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21292 2025-07-14T09:14:40.564399 application/rdf+xml 13215 2025-07-14T09:14:33.875420 image/jpeg 3003 2025-07-14T09:14:33.626456 image/jpeg 16785 2021-01-07T10:41:03 application/octet-stream application/zip 595042 2021-01-07T10:41:03 application/octet-stream application/zip 16761 2021-01-07T10:41:03 application/octet-stream application/zip 676094 2025-07-14T09:14:31.390449 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia