Not to mention how we only see him from the waist down, further adding to the mysteriousness of the scene. George is considered a fan favorite due to the mysterious nature of his death, crawling under a rug and suffocating under it.It probably helps that she's the first child introduced in the book. Along with that, she is also one of the most well-known of the bunch. Depending on who you ask, Amy in the original book arguably has the most personality of all of the children (On the front cover, she is the frontmost of all of the children in the gathering, and she doesn't look the least bit confident about it, at least compared to everyone else's stoic expressions).It really says something when even Gorey found this character's death particularly funny. Neville is arguably the most popular of all of the children, primarily due to his absurd death of literally dying of boredom, something that many can relate to.Ensemble Dark Horse: Despite having no personalities to speak of, that hasn't stopped Gorey fans from loving many of the children in the book.Is he supposed to be a personification of death, or is he supposed to be the afterlife caretaker for all of the children?

The skull-faced figure on the front cover is especially prone to fan speculation.Alternative Character Interpretation: Practically every single character in this book is a potential subject to this.For a while, this song actually became more popular than the book it was based on, to the point where some people who first hear of the book say it reminds them of the song. Just like the book it was based on, the song would also recount the deaths of 26 different children in rhyme. Some time ago, there was a song by the band Creature Feature called 'A Gorey Demise', which was based off of this book. Adaptation Displacement: The book had a minor example of this.The book reached its 50 year milestone in 2013. The Edward Gorey house notes that Gorey's alphabet book has remained in print every since it was published. The back of the book shows a collection of tombstones. Other entries include 'C is for Clare who wasted away' and 'W is for Winnie embedded in ice.' Poor little Winnie. The book begins with 'A is for Amy who fell down the stairs.' It follows with 'B is for Basil assaulted by bears.' For this entry an image shows little Basil surrounded by two very large bears. It is an alphabet book but it really isn't appropriate for small children unless the parent wants to explain death as well as the alphabet. Death is standing behind the children holding an umbrella on the book's cover. The entries are accompanied by fascinating, dark drawings. The twenty-six children die in different ways as the dark humored book takes the reader from A to Z. They die in a number of different ways in Gorey's alphabet book. The Tinies have a very difficult time surviving. Edward Gorey created a creepy alphabet book called The Gashlycrumb Tinies.

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