# An Old Man of the Cape — Nonsense Books character guide

> An Old Man of the Cape in Nonsense Books by Edward Lear.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Old Man of Cape Horn, Funny old Man

**First appearance:** 0003-a-book-of-nonsense

## Who they are

An old man who wishes he had never been born.

## In the story

### [Nonsense Rhymes and Pictures](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/chapters/nonsense-rhymes-and-pictures)

Appears as 'An Old Man of Cape Horn' who wishes he had never been born and sits on a chair until he dies of despair.

### [One Hundred Nonsense Pictures and Rhymes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/chapters/one-hundred-nonsense-pictures-and-rhymes)

Old man of Thermopylae who boiled eggs in his shoes.

## Links

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