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| The Gashlycrumb Tinies | 
 enlarge | Author: Edward Gorey
Publisher: Harcourt
Category: Book
List Price: $9.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (90 reviews)
Sales Rank: 32581
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 64
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.1 x 5.2 x 0.4
ISBN: 0151003084
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9780151003082
ASIN: 0151003084
Publication Date: October 15, 1997
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
A new, small-format edition of one of GoreyA?s A?dark masterpieces of surreal moralityA? (Vanity Fair) - a witty, disquieting journey through the alphabet.
Amazon.com Review
"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 The Gashlycrumb Tinies: Or, After the Outing 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 The Curious Sofa.)
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Morbid-tastic December 26, 2008
"The Gashlycrumb Tinies" details the gruesome/improbable fates of Amy to Zillah in the style of a childrens' alphabet book. However, it's definitely not for children young enough to be learning the alphabet, unless you want them to have nightmares or to turn out really creepy. That being said, if you have an irreverent and quirky sense of humor, you'll find it hilarious. And, you'll learn to be careful not to be done in by a thug or die of ennui. Really.
Gashlycrumb Tinies is Great! June 9, 2008
I bought three of these books as gifts for three retiring teachers -- they are so funny. An ABC book of odd outcomes for students. Love them.
Just so darned funny... May 28, 2008
This book has made me cry with laughter. I work with kids and THEY think it's funny.
The Gashleycrumb Tinies May 12, 2008
The Gashleycrumb Tinies is macabre yet hilarious. It's about children meeting untimely absurd demise but with a sense of dark humor. it needs to be taken the way it is meant. It really is quite clever with the wording and causes of death It is done by alphabetical names. examples are S in for Susan who perished of fits, L is for Leo who swallowed some tacks and N is for Neville who died of ennui(boredome). See very clever. By the way I am a 38 year old mother of two and find this hilarious. My kids don't really get it though. Oh well I geuss their sense of humor is not as developed as mine:)
Hilarious for ages 11+! April 24, 2008
Hahahha I actually read this online because its so short... if you want to take a break from the stress of life for 10 minutes its great fun. The illustrations are very well done and the rhymes are genuis! i think my favorite kid is Basil who was assaulted by bears.. \hahhahhahha... that makes me burst into laughter again! seriously, if you like macabre hilarity, take a few minutes off and ENJOY THIS BOOK! (There is no graphic or adult images but the ideas would be very frightening for young children. I say 11+ because theres a girl with an axe in her head and some blood thats cartoonish but gross.)
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