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The Haunted Tea-Cosy
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bookshelves: 1998, bage-middle-grade, genre-comedy, genre-fantasy, holiday, want-to-own, wordsmith, z-edward-gorey, favorite, fairytales-and-retellings
Apr 02, 2020
bookshelves: 1998, bage-middle-grade, genre-comedy, genre-fantasy, holiday, want-to-own, wordsmith, z-edward-gorey, favorite, fairytales-and-retellings
This is a lovely spoof on ‘a Christmas Carol� in Edwards own strange way. I love this one and it’s the best of the book thus far. Edmund Gravel is having a sad dinner by himself on Christmas eve with decade old fruitcake. Edward is brutal about fruitcake in this. A huge bug , the Bahhum Bug - get it, jumps out of his table and brings 3 spirits with him for the evening. The Spectre of Christmas that never was, the Spectre of Christmas that Isn’t, and the Spectre of Christmas that Never Will Be.
That had me. It cracked me up. We see all these scenes that don’t mean anything to the person, but they sort of tell a story about these people. There are notorious wallpaper thieves in the mix. I mean who thinks of something like this, but a genius or madman. The whole thing ends with Edmund inviting people over for a party. The frames are in color and we don’t get his wall paper backgrounds.
It feels like this story is in 2 parts. The 2nd part continues in the Headless Bust.
This story is silly, but tickled me all the same. I appreciate his odd humor.
That had me. It cracked me up. We see all these scenes that don’t mean anything to the person, but they sort of tell a story about these people. There are notorious wallpaper thieves in the mix. I mean who thinks of something like this, but a genius or madman. The whole thing ends with Edmund inviting people over for a party. The frames are in color and we don’t get his wall paper backgrounds.
It feels like this story is in 2 parts. The 2nd part continues in the Headless Bust.
This story is silly, but tickled me all the same. I appreciate his odd humor.
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April 2, 2020
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1998
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bage-middle-grade
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genre-comedy
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genre-fantasy
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holiday
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want-to-own
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wordsmith
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z-edward-gorey
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favorite
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fairytales-and-retellings
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Apr 03, 2020 11:58AM
Nice review, Calista. I reread this last Christmas, though I don't think it can be confined to just Christmas, as you have discovered. :) I appreciate and love Gorey's oddness too.
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Teresa wrote: "Nice review, Calista. I reread this last Christmas, though I don't think it can be confined to just Christmas, as you have discovered. :) I appreciate and love Gorey's oddness too."Hey Teresa. It great to see another Gorey fan. There still isn't really anything out there like him. Thanks.
