A Gashlycrumb Halloween
This Halloween we present a few pages from one of American writer and artist Edward Gorey's (1925-2000) most well-known books, The Gashlycrumb Tinies, published in New York by Peter Weed Books in 1962.
For those unfamiliar with the work, The Gastlycrumb Tinies is an alphabet book that details the untimely end of 26 children after an outing in thirteen rhyming dactylic couplets, accompanied by Gorey's distinctive pen and ink drawings. While among our favorites are "N is for Neville who died of ennui" and "S is for Susan who perished of fits," we selected what we think are the most ghastly, gruesome, and horrific pages for your Halloween pleasure.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
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This post is especially for Captain Alison.
