# The Two Old Bachelors — Nonsense Books character guide

> The Two Old Bachelors in Nonsense Books by Edward Lear.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0096-the-two-old-bachelors

## Snapshot

Two elderly bachelors set out to gather sage and onions, their mild errand colliding with the wild logic of Lear's rhyming world.

## Who they are

They belong to the wandering tribe of Lear's old men and women, figures whose small domestic quests — a handful of herbs, a meal — swell into absurd adventure. Their partnership suggests a long, bickering companionship, two temperaments yoked to one purpose and one rhyme. In the book's early-middle stretch they embody the collection's central joke: ordinary errands undone by nonsense, and the reader's delight in watching it happen.

## Relationships

### [The Melodious Meritorious Mouse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/characters/the_melodious_meritorious_mouse)

_friendship_

The Melodious Meritorious Mouse sings for the Two Old Bachelors, who appreciate his musical talents.

## In the story

### [Laughable Lyrics: A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/chapters/laughable-lyrics-a-fourth-book-of-nonsense-poems-songs-botany-music-etc)

Two old bachelors, living together, catch a Muffin and a Mouse, but have no money for dinner, leading them to seek sage and onions abroad.

### [The Two Old Bachelors](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/chapters/the-two-old-bachelors)

The two protagonists who try to make stuffing from a Sage.

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