The Doubtful Guest

"When they answered the bell on that wild winter night, there was no one expected -- and no one in sight. Then they saw something standing on top of an urn, whose peculiar appearance gave them quite a turn..." Thus begins one of Edward Gorey's most popular illustrated books, *The Doubtful Guest*, a deliciously twisted comedy of manners, where a scarf and sneaker clad creature overstays its welcome by seventeen years in the home of a staid, Victorian family. "An artist and writer of genius" (New Yorker) gives us a small-format edition of one of his favorite tales.

First sentence: When they answered the bell on that wild winter night, There was no one expected - and no one in sight.

Year

1957

Language

English

Publisher

Dodd, Mead

Editions

11

Pages

32

ISBN

9780396076285

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