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The Doubtful Guest

4.4/5 ( ratings)

The doubtful guest shows up unannounced and unwelcome, yet its presence is accepted after only a brief interlude of screaming. The staid, pale, Victorian inhabitants of the mansion alternately stare and glare at the doubtful guest as it tears out whole chapters from books, peels the soles of its white canvas shoes, and broods while lying on the floor . Strangely, or rather, typically, as this is a Gorey book, the stymied occupants never ask the guest to leave--and in 17 years it has still "shown no intention of going away."

Language: English

Pages: 32

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Release: June 15, 1998

ISBN: 0747541558

ISBN 13: 9780747541554

The Doubtful Guest

4.4/5 ( ratings)

The doubtful guest shows up unannounced and unwelcome, yet its presence is accepted after only a brief interlude of screaming. The staid, pale, Victorian inhabitants of the mansion alternately stare and glare at the doubtful guest as it tears out whole chapters from books, peels the soles of its white canvas shoes, and broods while lying on the floor . Strangely, or rather, typically, as this is a Gorey book, the stymied occupants never ask the guest to leave--and in 17 years it has still "shown no intention of going away."

Language: English

Pages: 32

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Release: June 15, 1998

ISBN: 0747541558

ISBN 13: 9780747541554

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