The Vinegar Works: Three Volumes of Moral Instruction
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The Vinegar Works: Three Volumes of Moral Instruction is a set of three heavily illustrated books by Edward Gorey that was sold as a set encased in an illustrated slip-case. It was first published by Simon and Schuster in 1963. It was Gorey's eleventh work.
Author | Edward Gorey |
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Language | English |
Genre | Literary nonsense, Gothic fiction, Picture books |
Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Publication date | 1963 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
Preceded by | The Beastly Baby |
Followed by | The Wuggly Ump |
The books included in the set are: The Gashlycrumb Tinies, The Insect God, and The West Wing. The set was written with the intention to "instruct, appall and amuse", in the Gothic fiction tradition.[1]
The Vinegar Works and its three constituent books can be found in the first of the four collections comprising Gorey's work, Amphigorey: Fifteen Books (1972).