The Gashlycrumb Tinies

The Gashlycrumb Tinies

"The Gashlycrumb Tinies: or, After the Outing" is a book written by Edward Gorey that was first published in 1963. Gorey tells the tale of 26 children (each representing a letter of the alphabet) and their untimely demise in rhyming dactylic couplets, such as "A is for Amy who fell down the stairs. B is for Basil assaulted by bears." The book takes the reader through the complete alphabet, accompanied by Gorey's black and white illustrations.

Trivia

* The Los Angeles horror band Creature Feature released a song entitled "A Gorey Demise" (a direct reference to Edward Gorey) that mimics this list.

* A poster version of "The Gashlycrumb Tinies" has also been published.

* The Nine Inch Nails music video for the song "The Perfect Drug" directly references "The Gashlycrumb Tinies".

* On the website www.unfortunateevents.com, a question and answer section reveals that "The Gashlycrumb Tinies" is Lemony Snicket's "favourite book in the series."

* Was featured on Degrassi:The next Generation, Take my Breath Away.

External links

* [http://worldcat.org/search?qt=worldcat_org&q=The+Gashlycrumb+Tinies%3A+or%2C+After+the+Outing&submit=OCLC Worldcat listing for The Gashlycrumb Tinies]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • The Perfect Drug — Single by Nine Inch Nails from the album Lost Highway Soundtrack Released …   Wikipedia

  • The Perfect Drug — «The Perfect Drug» Сингл Nine Inch Nails из альбома Шоссе в никуда (саундтрек) …   Википедия

  • The Greatest Show Unearthed — Infobox Album Name = The Greatest Show Unearthed Type = Album Artist = Creature Feature Released = Original: 2006Remastered: October 30, 2007 Recorded = 2006 Genre = Alternative rock, electronic music Length = 37:03 Label = Original:… …   Wikipedia

  • Edward Gorey — (in seinem Haus, 1999) Edward St. John Gorey (* 22. Februar 1925 in Chicago; † 15. April 2000 in Hyannis, Massachusetts) war ein US amerikanischer Autor und Illustrator. Bekannt ist er für seine schwarzweiß schraffierten Zeichnungen, mit denen er …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Edward Gorey — Birth name Edward St. John Gorey Born February 22, 1925(1925 02 22) Chicago, Illinois, Unit …   Wikipedia

  • Edward Gorey — Edward St. John Gorey (22 de febrero de 1925 15 de abril de 2000) fue un artista notable por sus dibujos torcidos y macabros. Nacido en Chicago, asistió a varias escuelas primarias locales y luego al Francis W. Parker School, durante 1944 y 1946… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Sue Grafton — Infobox Writer name = Sue Taylor Grafton imagesize = 240px caption = Sue Grafton pseudonym = birthname = birthdate = Birth date and age|1940|04|24 [cite web |work=IMDb.com |title=Sue Grafton |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0333859/… …   Wikipedia

  • Ellie Nash — Infobox character colour = #000080 colour text = #FFFFFF series = name = Ellie Nash caption = first = (episode 2.04) last = cause = creator = portrayer = Stacy Farber episode = 97 nickname = El, Frosh (by Jesse Stefanovic) born = 1988 death =… …   Wikipedia

  • Gorey, Edward St. John — ▪ 2001       American illustrator and writer (b. Feb. 22, 1925, Chicago, Ill. d. April 15, 2000, Hyannis, Mass.), created meticulous black and white crosshatched drawings to accompany both other authors works and his own eerie and macabre yet… …   Universalium

  • Gorey, Edward — ▪ American writer and illustrator in full  Edward St. John Gorey  born February 22, 1925, Chicago, Ill., U.S. died April 15, 2000, Hyannis, Mass.       American writer, illustrator, and designer, noted for his arch humour and gothic sensibility.… …   Universalium

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”