Edward Gorey: The Doubtful Guest Thank You Notes

Edward Gorey (American, 1925–2000)
Illustration from The Doubtful Guest

“It joined them at breakfast and presently ate
All the syrup and toast, and a part of a plate.”

In more than one hundred published works, Edward Gorey entertained his fans with sardonic tales of rather peculiar characters. Here he quirks an eyebrow over the doubtful guest at a dinner party.