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His books of illustrated stories and drawings, with their constantly ominous air in VictorianJune 20, 1837) gave her name to the historic era. The Victorian Era of Great Britain is considered the height of the British industrial revolution and the apex of the British Empire. It is often defined as the years from 1837 to 1901, when Queen Victoria and EdwardianThe Edwardian period or Edwardian era in the United Kingdom is the period 1901 to 1910, the reign of King Edward VII. It is sometimes extended to include the period to the end of World War I in 1918. Perhaps because of the King's fondness for travel, the settings, had a cult following, but Gorey became well known through his animated introduction to the PBS series Mystery!Mystery (also written MYSTERY is a long-running television series that premiered on PBS in 1979 and is produced by WGBH. The show has allowed a large number of detective series and television movies, most of them British productions from the BBC or variou in 19801980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. Events January-February January 1- April 1 National steel strike in United Kingdom January 1 Changes to the Swedish Act of Succession creates Victoria of Sweden, Crown Princess over her younger brother January 5 He, and his scenic design for the 1977For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). Events January 1 First woman Episcopal priest ordained January 6 EMI sacks the Sex Pistols January 18 Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious " legionnaire's disease" Januar BroadwayThis article is about the street in New York City. For other articles with the name Broadway, see: Broadway (disambiguation). Broadway as the name implies, is a big, wide avenue in New York City, New York, and is one of the main north-south thoroughfares production of Dracula. In later years, he lived year-round in Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod, where he wrote and directed numerous evening-length entertainments, often featuring his own papier-mâché handpuppets, in an ensemble known as La Theatricule Stoique. His major theatrical work was the libretto for an "Opera Seria for Handpuppets", The White Canoe, to a score by the composer Daniel James Wolf. The premiere of the opera, based on the Lady of the Lake legend, was tragically posthumous.
He was noted for his fondness for ballet which he attended in a long fur coat, and for cats, which figure prominently in his work. His house is called Elephant House and now serves as a gallery and museum of sorts.
He wrote more than 100 books including:
Many of Gorey's works were published obscurely and are hard to find or expensive. However, the following three omnibus editions collect together much of his material. Because his original books are rather short, these may contain as 15 or more in each volume.
He also illustrated 60 other works by other authors, such as Edward Lear, John Bellairs and John Ciardi.