THE HEADLESS BUST: A MELANCHOLY MEDITATION FOR THE FALSE MILLENNIUM

THE HEADLESS BUST: A MELANCHOLY MEDITATION FOR THE FALSE MILLENNIUM

Gorey, Edward

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Editorial:
HARCOURT
Idioma:
Castellano
Año de edición:
1999
Materia
Inglés Intantil
ISBN:
978-0-15-100514-7
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As we wander off with Edward Gorey into the next millennium our reasons for being here are far from clear. Nevertheless, the master craftsmen is at his best . . Ere the last guest was fin'lly gone.Ça va, hélas, from bad to worse: Adieu to prose, alló to verse. The Bahhumbug with lack of tact. Now called attention to the fact, Which made it feel to Edmund Gravel. He was already to unravel

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