false 47558 5 "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 <i>The Gashlycrumb Tinies: Or, After the Outing</i> 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 <i>The Curious Sofa</i>.) 3211551 1963 The Gashlycrumb Tinies total:2277|5:1557|4:585|3:124|2:9|1:2| 2277 10517 2645 188 5 7 false false Wed Mar 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 12:17:19 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 12:19:12 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Nov 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 00:20:22 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 06 21:38:19 -0800 2009 1 "N is for Neville who died of ennui."

Ha! Perfection!

The Gashlycrumb Tinies is a work of utterly fantastic macabre hilarity. It's one of those books you cackle maniacally over while flipping through it after a run-in at the local Mega-Mart with some snot-nosed brat ...more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Feb 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 07 11:20:40 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 07 12:49:17 -0800 2008
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"F is for Fanny sucked dry by a leech"
"X is for Xerxes devoured by mice"
"Z is for Zillah who drank too much gin"

Hehehe, Priceless! Tha...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Feb 10 15:26:19 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 05:20:29 -0800 2009 4 1 false false Mon Jun 02 06:52:57 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 02 06:54:21 -0700 2008 "J" is for Joy who flew away far.

Oh Langley, I miss you! :-) Yes, Boothroyd por vida!]]> 5 1 false false Sun Aug 26 18:30:21 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 26 18:33:54 -0700 2007 5 1 false false Mon Dec 31 12:10:53 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 31 12:11:44 -0800 2007 3 1 false false Sun Feb 10 12:39:05 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 10 12:39:17 -0800 2008 5 1 false false Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 1995 Wed Oct 01 22:14:18 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 22:15:13 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Mon Jul 13 12:50:05 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 12:59:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Dec 31 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Oct 22 10:19:05 -0700 2007 Sun Feb 24 23:07:00 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 1988 Fri Apr 03 12:25:04 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 12:33:01 -0700 2009 I can read it a million times and still feel all warm a sadistic inside.
I have been trying to get a copy for almost 14yrs and just found one in a book store (not a huge online shopper), and I can not stop myself from sharing it with others, and every strange look I ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990 Tue Mar 31 13:07:29 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 17:24:26 -0700 2009
I know every line of The Gashleycrumb Tinies by heart, and recite it to myself when I'm bored. Of course the illustrations are at least as important as the words - and whenever I hear a line it calls up the picture in my head. My absolute favorite is N is fo...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Sep 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 11:34:13 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 11:36:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 11:04:06 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 11:06:55 -0700 2009
Not your ordinary children's book but Edward Gorey's innocent yet dark illustrations with the rhymes make it adorable.]]> 2 0 false false Fri Mar 27 18:34:57 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 18:40:49 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jun 04 13:49:06 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 13:52:34 -0700 2009 0 1 false false Tue Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 07:24:15 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 07:42:42 -0700 2009
U is for Una who slipped down a drain.

Y is for Yorick whose head was knocked in.
Z is for Zillah who drank too much gin.

The pictures complete the sadistic fun of it. hahah
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K is for Kate who was struck with an axe,
L is for Leo who swallowed some tacks...

The artwork is hilarious, too. ]]> 5 0 false false Sun Dec 14 08:58:34 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 09:00:08 -0800 2008