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The Gashlycrumb Tinies

by Edward Gorey

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The Gashlycrumb Tinies takes a morbid spin on the classic children's rhyming alphabet book, and if it's not the most original concept that Edward Gorey ever developed, it's still thoroughly entertaining. (

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dr_zirk | Dec 5, 2009 |

Absolutely best alphabet book ever, of course, not for very small children but I suspect older kids will love it. :) (

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TheDivineOomba | Oct 21, 2009 |

This is a small, dark gem. Morbid, macabre and yet not coldhearted. The poem is simple (in all but the occasional choice of a wonderfully obscure word, the Gorey trademark) but memorable, and the illustrations show great technical skill coupled with a sharp eye for arrangements. Can anyone look at Neville and not feel his bottomless (and apparently quite fatal) ennui in their heart?

Not for everyone, though... (

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Haltiamieli | Aug 13, 2009 |

Interesting yet disturbing. That is all I can say. (

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faith42love | May 30, 2009 |

Many people's first Gorey. And what better introduction could there be?

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Canonical Title

The Gashlycrumb Tinies

Original publication date

1963

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For Helne

First words

A is for Amy, who fell down the stairs

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One of the most famous of the grim humor kids' books. "A is for Amy who fell down the stairs." etc.

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Amazon.com (ISBN 0151003084, Hardcover)

"A is for Amy who fell down the stairs. B is for Basil assaulted by bears. C is for Clara who wasted away. D is for Desmond thrown out of a sleigh..." The rhyming couplets of this grim abecedarian are familiar, of course, to devotees of macabre humor, but the darkly crosshatched drawings are (as Poe put it) "the soul of the plot." Several years went by during which The Gashlycrumb Tinies: Or, After the Outing was not available in a small hardcover edition like this one, which is the true format for Edward Gorey's specialty, the adult picture book. (For those who wish to share the gloom there's a 10-copy assortment with The Curious Sofa.)

(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:16 -0400)

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