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Curious Correspondence with Edward Gorey
Cynthia Rose recalls her childhood pen pal, the one and only Mr. Earbrass, himself: Edward Gorey.
Even his trailing aspidistras felt familiar – just like the herringbone suits in his characters' closets, they were the hallmarks of a period stage set. Over time, we discussed a range of topics: the Moors murders, the benefits provided by a ha-ha, Gustave Doré's views about the London slums, Lillian Gish in The Wind, Japanese ghost behaviour in the Edo era, spirit photography, London's cheap bookstores, Rudolf Nureyev's feet, illicit dissections and why green wallpaper had killed Victorians. I wrote him about the streetlamp that ran on sewer fumes, the private museum of Teddy bears and toy theatres – even the Lava soap (largely pumice) that produced my grandma's youthful skin.
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