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Barry Pain

1864–1928


Barry Pain (1864–1928) was an English humorist and writer of light verse and short stories, educated at Sedbergh and at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

He is remembered for the comic monologues of Eliza (1900) and for his parodies, of which The Poets at Tea is the best known.

  1. The Poets at Tea

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