louise on the left (coast)

Okay, as someone with a fairly sizable collection of Edward Gorey memorabilia, it wasn't unusual to be sent a link to some of his apparently overlooked work. However, what was astonishing was how disturbingly differenent this  was, even for someone like, well, like Edward Gorey. Granted, I, myself, can be known to have an occasionally grim sense of humor, but this particular book? I don't know, it just hit me wrong. What's the matter with me? Am I getting too old to laugh at dark comedy, now? Yes, Edward Gorey was a creative genius, but, I still find myself asking: -- Was he trying to piss someone off with this book? The title in question, The Recently Deflowered Girl, is unappologetically loaded with so much (uncharacteristic) misogyny that I was stunned. It actually didn't seem like his other stuff. I thought. Perhaps he never even wrote it, at all. Hard to tell at a glance since he's used so many faux names before. Maybe it was nothing more than an illustr