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Original Title:	Amphigorey
ISBN:	0399504338 (ISBN13: 9780399504334)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Amphigorey #1

Amphigorey (Amphigorey #1) Paperback | Pages: 220 pages

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Title	:	Amphigorey (Amphigorey #1)
Author	:	Edward Gorey
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 220 pages
Published	:	January 28th 1980 by TarcherPerigee (first published 1972)
Categories	:	Art. Sequential Art. Graphic Novels. Humor. Comics. Fiction. Poetry

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The title of this deliciously creepy collection of Gorey's work stems from the word amphigory, meaning a nonsense verse or composition. As always, Gorey's painstakingly cross-hatched pen and ink drawings are perfectly suited to his oddball verse and prose. The first book of 15, "The Unstrung Harp," describes the writing process of novelist Mr. Clavius Frederick Earbrass: "He must be mad to go on enduring the unexquisite agony of writing when it all turns out drivel." In "The Listing Attic," you'll find a set of quirky limericks such as "A certain young man, it was noted, / Went about in the heat thickly coated; / He said, 'You may scoff, / But I shan't take it off; / Underneath I am horribly bloated.' "

Many of Gorey's tales involve untimely deaths and dreadful mishaps, but much like tragic Irish ballads with their perky rhythms and melodies, they come off as strangely lighthearted. "The Gashlycrumb Tinies," for example, begins like this: "A is for AMY who fell down the stairs, B is for BASIL assaulted by bears," and so on. An eccentric, funny book for either the uninitiated or diehard Gorey fans.

Contains: The Unstrung Harp, The Listing Attic, The Doubtful Guest, The Object Lesson, The Bug Book, The Fatal Lozenge, The Hapless Child, The Curious Sofa, The Willowdale Handcar, The Gashlycrumb Tinies, The Insect God, The West Wing, The Wuggly Ump, The Sinking Spell, and The Remembered Visit.

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Amphigorey, or amphigouri, meaning a nonse verse or composition. That is totally this book and the 15 stories included in it. Strange, dark, creepy....I love it. I'm certainly a fan of Gorey and can't wait to read the other 'Amphigorey' books. Each story is told with various black and white drawings. I have to say, this book is *not* for children. Some of the stories are just ghastly, such as The Gashlycrumb Tinies. Learn your ABC's along with rhyming verse telling how small children die. I'm

This volume contains The Gashlycrumb Tinies. Perhaps the best way for children to learn the alphabet and of the horrors of life.

Edward Goreys style of writing and illustration is my kind of dark. I love how bizarre and haunting his works are. This collection is perfect to be read on Halloween. Its short but surely will make you creeped out. His stories sometimes starts very slowly and suddenly BAM! It hit you surprisingly at the end. Like you wont guess that the way that it ended could be that bizarre. All you know something bad is going to happen. In this collection though the stories are not all BAM! But what amaze me

A mixed bag, not all stories 5 start, but some parts certainly are. Like Edward Lear, the genius is more in the art than the words, but the stories of each are good, and Gorey can write better limericks (including some in French). A few pieces have art in color. The B/W ones are more to my taste. "The Fatal Lozenge" was another illustrated ABC book, almost as good as the "Gashlycrumb Tinies" (also included here). "The Curious Sofa" was another surprise; I had no idea Gorey had done any

Edward Gorey certainly knows how to deliver depravity and sweet talk his audience at the same time!'Amphigorey' is a collection of 15 little fun art books that are extremely cultured, shockingly twisted and delightfully creepy, all the while absolutely appalling beyond belief. Drawings of proper Edwardians and careful, polite commentary discuss such topics as child abuse, parental death, murder, hauntings, rotting bodies, perversions, ominous scary individuals, strange creatures, insanity,

If Shel Silverstein witnessed one too many crimes going unpunished and took a dark turn, this is what he would sound like. Or perhaps Dr Seuss injected himself with Science Juice, things went wrong as they are wont to do, and Edward Gorey emerged as his Mr. Hyde. In any case, these rhymes are insanely charming and bleak.An incautious young woman named VennWas seen with the wrong sort of men;She vanished one day,But the following MayHer legs were retrieved from a fen.There was a young woman whose

Edward Gorey's books are problematic for me. We go into the book store. I find one we haven't seen before and call the Office Kat over. We start thumbing through it, and pretty soon we are snorting with laughter, the tears are running down our cheeks and we are creating a disturbance in the store without intending to.For Chrismas, the Office Kat received a deck of cards by Gorey that are similar to Tarot Cards. They have completely and accurately predicted her day every time she has used them.