"It was too dark to hear anything."
Edward Gorey


( тематическое, мрачновато-веселенькое )

давно обещанный маленький подарочек для nulla_b, которая когда-то в своем первом комментарии в этом журнале сказала, что питает слабость к странноватым девочкам в красных шапочках.)



( к сожалению, совсем мало )

Weeping Chandelier
Theodorais parents in the attic told her to play,
She saw their furniture being taken away.
She presently found she had been locked in,
Some bats woke up and heard her sobbing.
The house empty they helped her escape
By a window which they did break.
By the edge of a dump they found a new place to live
Then a music hall turn they worked up and did.
In the provinces the act they first broke,
Theodora played castanets, the bats walked the tightrope,
Theodora danced, the bats played guitars,
Then they somersaulted up into the stars.
Between performances Theodora made sweaters for the bats,
Soon all over Europe crowds they did attract.
Then one evening at a charity tango tea
Theodora met the Duque de Sangree
The Duke showed Theodora his famous chandelier
That weeped when dancers they appeared.
Every time a waltz was played.
Several weeks later their betrothal was made,
Her parents saw her wedding photo,
They recovered their daughter lost so long ago.
But sadly the end is not happy to tell
And did three days later from a balcony her Father fell.
Her Mother while grieving fell off a cliff,
The bats drowned on board a ship.
The Duke was eaten by a shark,
Theodora died of a broken heart.

Edward Gorey

"Life is intrinsically, well, boring and dangerous at the same time. At any given moment the floor may open up. Of course, it almost never does; that's what makes it so boring."
Edward Gorey, творец милейшего макабра :)

An Appalling Alphabet Which Introduces A Gallery Of Enchanting Tots And Produces A Gasp Of Involuntary Mirth When They Attain Their Dreadful Demise

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more links:
www.edwardgoreyhouse.org
www.fearofdolls.com/библиография
www.goreyography.com
small gallery
www.storyopolis.com/books
www.sirius-books.com
www.phobos-deimos.com/Edward_Gorey
www.ne.jp/asahi/wweg/gorey
infodome.sdsu.edu

( some illustrations )