The Gashlycrumb Tinies

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The Gashlycrumb Tinies is a darkly comic, alphabet-based picture book by Edward Gorey that depicts the morbidly humorous deaths of 26 children, each corresponding to a letter.

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instanceOf alphabet book ⓘ
book ⓘ
dark comedy work ⓘ
illustrated book ⓘ
picture book ⓘ
artStyle pen-and-ink illustration ⓘ
author Edward Gorey ⓘ
centralTheme dark humor ⓘ
death of children ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
feature each child corresponds to a letter of the alphabet ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1963 ⓘ
genre black comedy ⓘ
children's literature parody ⓘ
gothic fiction ⓘ
hasCultFollowing true ⓘ
hasLetterCharacter Amy ⓘ
Basil ⓘ
Clara ⓘ
Desmond ⓘ
Ernest ⓘ
Fanny ⓘ
George ⓘ
Hector ⓘ
Ida ⓘ
James ⓘ
Kate ⓘ
Leo ⓘ
Maud ⓘ
Neville ⓘ
Olive ⓘ
Prue ⓘ
Quentin ⓘ
Rhoda ⓘ
Susan ⓘ
Titus ⓘ
Una ⓘ
Victor ⓘ
Winnie ⓘ
Xerxes ⓘ
Yorick ⓘ
Zillah ⓘ
illustrator Edward Gorey ⓘ
includedIn The Vinegar Works ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativeForm rhyming couplets ⓘ
notableFor subverting traditional children's alphabet books ⓘ
numberOfCharacters 26 ⓘ
partOf The Vinegar Works: Three Volumes of Moral Instruction ⓘ
publisher Simon & Schuster ⓘ
structure alphabet sequence ⓘ
tone macabre ⓘ
morbidly humorous ⓘ

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