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viernes, 10 de mayo de 2013

miércoles, 1 de mayo de 2013

GORY EDWARD GOREY

More Gor(e)y poetry!

A beastly baby meets his Waterloo:


On a cold winter night, a mysterious penguin-like monster is adopted by the masters of a chateau:


Beachcombers Rose and Mary quarrel. Tragedy ensues. Another black joke:


Poor Charlotte! Her father is killed in action, her mother dies of consumption, her guardian sends her to boarding school, her classmates bully her... Could it get any worse?


Another nonsensical alphabet:


Millicent is abducted by aristocrats with a dark secret:


"It was already Thursday, but His Lordship's artificial limb could not be found":

THE FATAL LOZENGE

This Carrollian title belongs to a poem by Edward Gorey, best known for "The Gashlycrumb Tinies".
Another macabre verse alphabet, like "The Tinies", but told in quatrains, and covering more adult themes:

THE GASHLYCRUMB TINIES

This well-known poem by Edward Gorey lists a Victorian alphabet of assorted children's deaths:



Live action version: