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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Gashlycrumb Tinies canonical | 1 |
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alphabet book
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book ⓘ dark comedy work ⓘ illustrated book ⓘ picture book ⓘ |
| artStyle | pen-and-ink illustration ⓘ |
| author | Edward Gorey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
dark humor
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death of children ⓘ mortality ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| feature | each child corresponds to a letter of the alphabet ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1963 ⓘ |
| genre |
black comedy
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children's literature parody ⓘ gothic fiction ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasLetterCharacter |
Amy
NERFINISHED
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Basil NERFINISHED ⓘ Clara NERFINISHED ⓘ Desmond NERFINISHED ⓘ Ernest NERFINISHED ⓘ Fanny NERFINISHED ⓘ George NERFINISHED ⓘ Hector NERFINISHED ⓘ Ida NERFINISHED ⓘ James NERFINISHED ⓘ Kate NERFINISHED ⓘ Leo NERFINISHED ⓘ Maud NERFINISHED ⓘ Neville NERFINISHED ⓘ Olive ⓘ Prue NERFINISHED ⓘ Quentin NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhoda NERFINISHED ⓘ Susan NERFINISHED ⓘ Titus NERFINISHED ⓘ Una NERFINISHED ⓘ Victor NERFINISHED ⓘ Winnie NERFINISHED ⓘ Xerxes NERFINISHED ⓘ Yorick NERFINISHED ⓘ Zillah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| illustrator | Edward Gorey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | The Vinegar Works NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Simon & Schuster ⓘ |
| structure | alphabet sequence ⓘ |
| tone |
macabre
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morbidly humorous ⓘ |
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