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The Haunted Looking Glass (New York Review Books Classics)
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The Haunted Looking Glass (New York Review Books Classics) Paperback - 2001

by Gorey, Edward

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  • Title The Haunted Looking Glass (New York Review Books Classics)
  • Author Gorey, Edward
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Thus
  • Condition New
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher New York Review of Books, NY
  • Date 2001-02-28
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # ING9780940322684
  • ISBN 9780940322684 / 0940322684
  • Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
  • Dimensions 8 x 5 x 0.6 in (20.32 x 12.70 x 1.52 cm)
  • Themes
    • Holiday: Halloween
  • Library of Congress subjects Ghost stories, English
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00012341
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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From the publisher

Edward Gorey (1925–2000) was born in Chicago. He studied briefly at the Art Institute of Chicago, spent three years in the army testing poison gas, and attended Harvard College, where he majored in French literature and roomed with the poet Frank O’Hara. In 1953 Gorey published The Unstrung Harp, the first of his many extraordinary books, which include The Curious Sofa, The Haunted Tea Cosy, and The Epiplectic Bicycle. In addition to illustrating his own books, Gorey provided drawings to countless books for both children and adults.

In addition to illustrating his own books, Edward Gorey provided drawings to countless books for both children and adults. Of these, New York Review Books has published The Haunted Looking Glass, a collection of Gothic tales that he selected and illustrated; The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells; Men and Gods, a retelling of ancient Greek myths by Rex Warner; in collaboration with Rhoda Levine, Three Ladies Beside the Sea and He Was There from the Day We Moved In; and The Unrest-Cure and Other Stories, a collection of tales by Saki.

Media reviews

"A brilliant draftsman, Mr. Gorey has raised the crosshatch, a timeworn 19th century mannerism, into a timeless visual language….[His works] tickle the funny bone as they raise hair on the back of the neck." —The New York Times

"This delightfully eerie anthology…[is] a great entry into the warped sensibility that animated Gorey’s twisted genius." —Kirkus Reviews

Citations

  • Kirkus Reviews, 05/01/2001, Page 625
  • Publishers Weekly, 02/26/2001, Page 64

About the author

Edward Gorey (1925-2000) was born in Chicago. He studied briefly at the Art Institute of Chicago, spent three years in the army testing poison gas, and attended Harvard College, where he majored in French literature and roomed with the poet Frank O'Hara. In 1953 Gorey published The Unstrung Harp, the first of his many extraordinary books, which include The Curious Sofa, The Haunted Tea Cosy, and The Epiplectic Bicycle. In addition to illustrating his own books, Gorey provided drawings to countless books for both children and adults.

In addition to illustrating his own books, Edward Gorey provided drawings to countless books for both children and adults. Of these, New York Review Books has published The Haunted Looking Glass, a collection of Gothic tales that he selected and illustrated; The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells; Men and Gods, a retelling of ancient Greek myths by Rex Warner; in collaboration with Rhoda Levine, Three Ladies Beside the Sea and He Was There from the Day We Moved In; and The Unrest-Cure and Other Stories, a collection of tales by Saki.

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