Neatorama » Edward Gorey http://www.neatorama.com The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:43:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 The Ninth Annual Edwardian Ball http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/26/the-ninth-annual-edwardian-ball/ http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/26/the-ninth-annual-edwardian-ball/#comments Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:13:07 +0000 Miss Cellania http://www.neatorama.com/?p=22291

The annual Edwardian Ball in San Francisco pays homage to author Edward Gorey. SF Weekly has photos from the ball held Saturday, with commentary in rhyming alphabet, Gorey-style! Link -Thanks, Janine Kahn!

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The Recently Deflowered Girl is a 1965 etiquette book for those awkward moments you hadn’t planned for, written by Edward Gorey under the name Hyacinthe Phyppe, an expert in such matters. In each “deflowerment” situation, the proper thing to do apparently is to provide a witty comeback. The entire scanned book is online with Gorey illustrations. This is SFW, unless you have a child nearby who knows what the archaic word “deflowerment” means. Link -Thanks, luke!

Update: The original post has been deleted, but I found another copy. Link

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