{"id":55964,"date":"2013-07-11T11:22:25","date_gmt":"2013-07-11T15:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=55964"},"modified":"2013-07-11T11:45:22","modified_gmt":"2013-07-11T15:45:22","slug":"edward-gorey-does-the-classics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/11\/edward-gorey-does-the-classics\/","title":{"rendered":"Edward Gorey Does the Classics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brain Pickings has posted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brainpickings.org\/index.php\/2013\/07\/10\/edward-gorey-vintage-book-covers-literary-classics\/\" target=\"_blank\">a wonderful gallery<\/a> of Edward Gorey\u2019s Doubleday paperback covers, designed between 1953 and 1960. Some, like <em>The War of the Worlds<\/em> and <em>Old Possum\u2019s Book of Practical Cats<\/em>, feel like an obvious match for Gorey\u2019s brand of Gothic whimsy. 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