The Hapless Child
This story tale of petite Charlotte Sophia's catastrophic, short life is classic Gorey. The poor child is orphaned and treated mercilessly by schoolmates and ruffians alike, and only barely survives--for a time, anyway--bythe skin of her baby teeth. Even her doll suffers a gruesome end. The little girl's journey is perfect fodder for Edward Gorey's brilliant pinwork, so detailed and perfectly wrought that it's hard to believe he could master these images at such a small size (the illustrations reproduced in the book are the same size as his original drawings). The Hapless Child is widely regarded as one of Gorey's best books; happily it is no…
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- ISBN: 978-0-7649-4468-0
- EAN: 9780764944680
- Produktnummer: 3691227
- Verlag: Pomegranate Communications Inc
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 64 S.
- Masse: H19.0 cm x B18.8 cm x D1.5 cm 395 g
- Gewicht: 395
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