http://quizilla.com/users/kundavega/quizze...20Are%20You%3F/

First time: The Lavender Leotard; second time: The GashleyCrumb Tinies

Every time:

The Lavender Leotard

The Gashlycrumb Tinies.

B is for Basil assaulted by bears...........

The GashlyCrumb Tinies, which I've never read! I know A is for Amanda and B is for Basil because I've heard people recite them, but I've not delved farther than that.

Forgive the pedantry, but A is for Amy, actually. Amanda doesn't quite scan.

Gashlycrumb Tinies.

Manhattnik, which are you?

I got "Dancing Cats and Neglected Murderesses"

re: the gashlycrumb's A, yes, AMY is correct. the now late amy greenhouse cherished the use of her name. she was a good friend of EG's when i knew him at NYCB but by then the 'gashly' alphabet was a classic, so tho' it wasn't written for amy, she was amused by it.
my favorite is neville who died of ennui.

I'm Dancing Cats & Neglected Murderesses, too -- but the result is invalid because I had to pick between Madonna and the Beatles in the "favorite singer" category. I never heard of the others.

"Dancing Cats and Neglected Murderesses" over here.

Gashlycrumb Tinies the first time. Lavender leotard the second.

The Lavender Leotard. B)

Dancing Cats and Neglected Murderesses.

"You are a bit bitter in some ways about how life has treated you, but you will do anything to change it around...anything!"


Really only just a tieeny tiny bit bitter. And I wouldn't do....anything!!!

It says The GashlyCrumb Tinies, but I've always felt more like The Gilded Bat.

I don't think there could be an unflattering answer. I'm The GashlyCrumb Tinies.

I've never read any of these books. Are they children's books or more for (young) adults? As a point of reference, I'm currently reading Beatrix Potter to my little boy.

A few might be suitable for children, but most are for adults of all ages. Gorey is ironic, sophisticated and often a bit morbid.

And some children might love them. Think of all the 19th century childrern's books where the little dears are enthralled with Fox's "Book of Martyrs" All the blood and torment without the humor!

Thanks. Sounds like the road to Edward Gorey should be pathed with Maurice Sendak.

Or Charles Addams!

Gorey is for grownups. There are a few stories here and there you could read to kids without having to explicate too much, but there are many little children who come to bad ends and sexual references, some covert, some not, that would leave Mom and Dad with quite a bit of explaining to do.

Gorey did illustrations for a book, Donald Has a Difficulty by Peter Neumeyer, that my niece quite liked – I had to read it to her at least once whenever she visited. There may be others out there. But I didn't even think about reading her Gorey's own things.