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Category : Ghost stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Edward Gorey's Haunted Looking Glass
Author: Edward Gorey
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Ghost stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Ghost stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The Haunted Tea-cosy
Author: Edward Gorey
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780151004157
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
In his Preface to "A Christmas Carol", Charles Dickens wrote that he tried "to raise the Ghost of an Idea" with readers and trusted that it would "haunt their house pleasantly". In December 1997, 154 Christmases later, the "New York Times Magazine" asked its own Edward Gorey to refurbish this enduring morality tale. The result is this "dispirited and distasteful diversion for Christmas". Illustrations.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780151004157
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
In his Preface to "A Christmas Carol", Charles Dickens wrote that he tried "to raise the Ghost of an Idea" with readers and trusted that it would "haunt their house pleasantly". In December 1997, 154 Christmases later, the "New York Times Magazine" asked its own Edward Gorey to refurbish this enduring morality tale. The result is this "dispirited and distasteful diversion for Christmas". Illustrations.
The Dwindling Party
Author: Edward Gorey
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780394851297
Category : Horror stories.
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
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."
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780394851297
Category : Horror stories.
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
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."
A Halloween Treat
Author: Edward Gorey
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 160819616X
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 51
Book Description
Halloween-themed vignettes illustrated with wry, spooky monster cartoons are also designed to be turned over and read from the opposite direction, where fans will discover a sequence of imaginative ghosts.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 160819616X
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 51
Book Description
Halloween-themed vignettes illustrated with wry, spooky monster cartoons are also designed to be turned over and read from the opposite direction, where fans will discover a sequence of imaginative ghosts.
Men and Gods
Author: Rex Warner
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Three Ladies Beside the Sea
Author: Rhoda Levine
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 168137952X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Wickedly funny and delightfully sad, Three Ladies Beside the Sea is a tale of love found, love lost, and love never-ending. Edward Gorey’s off-kilter Edwardian maidens are the perfect accompaniment to Rhoda Levine’s lilting rhymes.The place is remote:Three houses beside the sea.The Characters are Few:Laughing Edith of Ecstasy,Edith so happy and gay.Smiling Catherine of Compromise,She smiles her life away.And then there is Alice of Hazard,A dangerous life leads she.The question in the plot is quite simple:Why is Alice up in a tree?The answer can be discovered:Edith and Catherine do.
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 168137952X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Wickedly funny and delightfully sad, Three Ladies Beside the Sea is a tale of love found, love lost, and love never-ending. Edward Gorey’s off-kilter Edwardian maidens are the perfect accompaniment to Rhoda Levine’s lilting rhymes.The place is remote:Three houses beside the sea.The Characters are Few:Laughing Edith of Ecstasy,Edith so happy and gay.Smiling Catherine of Compromise,She smiles her life away.And then there is Alice of Hazard,A dangerous life leads she.The question in the plot is quite simple:Why is Alice up in a tree?The answer can be discovered:Edith and Catherine do.
The Haunted Looking Glass
Author: Edward Gorey
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 9780940322684
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
The Haunted Looking Glass is the late Edward Gorey's selection of his favorite tales of ghosts, ghouls, and grisly goings-on. It includes stories by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, M. R. James, W. W. Jacobs, and L. P. Hartley, among other masters of the fine art of making the flesh creep, all accompanied by Gorey's inimitable illustrations. ALGERNON BLACKWOOD, "The Empty House" W.F. HARVEY, "August Heat" CHARLES DICKENS, "The Signalman" L.P. HARTLEY, "A Visitor from Down Under" R.H. MALDEN, "The Thirteenth Tree" ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, "The Body-Snatcher" E. NESBIT, "Man-Size in Marble" BRAM STOKER, "The Judge's House" TOM HOOD, "The Shadow of a Shade" W.W. JACOBS, "The Monkey's Paw," WILKIE COLLINS, "The Dream Woman" M.R. JAMES, "Casting the Runes"
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 9780940322684
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
The Haunted Looking Glass is the late Edward Gorey's selection of his favorite tales of ghosts, ghouls, and grisly goings-on. It includes stories by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, M. R. James, W. W. Jacobs, and L. P. Hartley, among other masters of the fine art of making the flesh creep, all accompanied by Gorey's inimitable illustrations. ALGERNON BLACKWOOD, "The Empty House" W.F. HARVEY, "August Heat" CHARLES DICKENS, "The Signalman" L.P. HARTLEY, "A Visitor from Down Under" R.H. MALDEN, "The Thirteenth Tree" ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, "The Body-Snatcher" E. NESBIT, "Man-Size in Marble" BRAM STOKER, "The Judge's House" TOM HOOD, "The Shadow of a Shade" W.W. JACOBS, "The Monkey's Paw," WILKIE COLLINS, "The Dream Woman" M.R. JAMES, "Casting the Runes"
The Haunted Looking Glass
Author: Edward Gorey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
A collection of twelve ghost stories by various authors.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
A collection of twelve ghost stories by various authors.
The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
Author: John Clute
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312198695
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 1110
Book Description
Like its companion volume, "The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction", this massive reference of 4,000 entries covers all aspects of fantasy, from literature to art.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312198695
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 1110
Book Description
Like its companion volume, "The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction", this massive reference of 4,000 entries covers all aspects of fantasy, from literature to art.
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 896
Book Description
Includes Part 1, Number 2: Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals (July - December)
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 896
Book Description
Includes Part 1, Number 2: Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals (July - December)