The Dwindling Party
by Edward Gorey 
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Pop-up illustrations and verses divulge how, one by one, six members of the MacFizzet family monstrously disappear during a visit to Hickyacket Hall, leaving behind only young Neville, who expects "it was all for the best."Tags
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I love this guy! He makes you think for yourself, his stories have lessons to teach you. This story is about just how much is happening behind your back, even when your looking. Edward Gorey never seems to feel the need to "tie-up" any loose ends in his books, so I am left to wonder, if the message of the book is, terrible things happen around us all the time and we don't take any notice just going about our business as if everything is fine. Or, maybe, just maybe. BEWARE of the last kid standing, Damien from the Omen, comes to mind, in a funny sorta' way.
Delightful macabre fun! Clever mobile bits.
OhmyGod, what's not to like? Edward Gorey leaves me pre-verbal.
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Edward Gorey has a Legacy Library. Legacy libraries are the personal libraries of famous readers, entered by LibraryThing members from the Legacy Libraries group.
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- Canonical title
- The Dwindling Party
- Original publication date
- 1982
- People/Characters
- Lambert; Amanda; Mother; Augustus; Emily; Neville
- Important places
- Hickyacket Hall
- First words
- Past the gates all the shrubbery was cleverly fashioned
Into creatures of every conceivable kind;
They were so much intrigued, not to mention impassioned,
They quite overlooked Lambert lagging behind. - Quotations
- But then, I expect it was all for the best.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And so the MacFizzets, they vanished forever,
At least each and every last one of the rest
Except for small Neville--who said: Well, I never!
But then, I expect it was all for the best.
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- Languages
- English, German
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
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- ASINs
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