{"product_id":"1000-piece-edward-gorey-book-cover-art-jigsaw-puzzle","title":"1000-piece Edward Gorey Book Cover Art Jigsaw Puzzle","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSpooky Season, Stitched Together: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eGorey’s Chaotic Tableaux Translate Beautifully Into Jigsaw Form \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e🦇\u003cb\u003e🧩\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThere are two kinds of people at the start of October: those who reach for a pumpkin spice candle, and those who reach for Freddy Krueger’s bladed glove. If you belong to the second camp, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.restinpieces.co.uk\/collections\/pomegranate-jigsaw-puzzles\"\u003ePomegranate\u003c\/a\u003e has your autumn sorted. The \u003cstrong\u003eHalloween-themed jigsaw puzzle\u003c\/strong\u003e gathers 25 of the illustrator’s most wickedly elegant jackets into a single gloriously gloomy collage. 🖤\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA Gallery of Gothic Glamour 📚\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eLook closely and the cast of characters is irresistible. A tangle of emerald adders coils across Gladys Mitchell’s \u003cem\u003eAdders on the Heath\u003c\/em\u003e. A Martian tripod stalks a violet sky for H.G. Wells. A yellow-suited dandy strides through André Gide’s \u003cem\u003eLafcadio’s Adventures\u003c\/em\u003e, while a skeleton in a red-and-white scarf holds court on Edmund Wilson’s \u003cem\u003eThe Duke of Palermo\u003c\/em\u003e. Elsewhere, Gorey’s bat-winged \u003cem\u003eDracula\u003c\/em\u003e swoops over a moonlit balustrade, and a pair of cats swing from a white picket fence on \u003cem\u003eSam and Emma\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFascinating Facts About Gorey’s Covers 🎨\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBefore the cult following and the cherished picture books, Gorey was a young Harvard graduate, not yet 30, working in the crowded single-room art department of Doubleday Anchor. He joined in 1953, just as Anchor Books was pioneering the “quality paperback”, bringing classic literature, poetry and philosophy to college students and intellectuals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProlific by any standard.\u003c\/strong\u003e Between the 1950s and 1970s, Gorey designed and illustrated over 300 covers, for authors including T.S. Eliot, Samuel Beckett, H.G. Wells and Virginia Woolf.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSymbolism over storytelling.\u003c\/strong\u003e Rather than illustrating a plot literally, he created atmospheric, symbolic covers, often using black ink plus just one or two flat spot colours such as mustard yellow, sage green or muted teal.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEvery letter by hand.\u003c\/strong\u003e Gorey almost never used standard metal typesetting for titles. He hand-lettered the titles and author names so the text matched the jittery, nervous texture of his crosshatched pen work.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA challenge to convention.\u003c\/strong\u003e His pen-and-ink approach pushed against prevailing American publishing standards and helped define his publishers’ visual identities.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRemarkable range.\u003c\/strong\u003e The same hand illustrated Joseph Conrad’s \u003cem\u003eThe Secret Agent\u003c\/em\u003e, Chekhov’s plays and Stendhal’s \u003cem\u003eThe Charterhouse of Parma\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAs Seen in The New York Times 📰\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIt isn’t only Gorey devotees who have fallen for this one. The puzzle has been featured in The New York Times, in its \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/wirecutter\/reviews\/jigsaw-puzzles-we-love\/\"\u003eroundup of jigsaw puzzles the team loves\u003c\/a\u003e. The team set this Gorey collage out in the staff kitchen to welcome autumn and partly to build excitement for Halloween. 🧩🎃\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFinish It, Then Frame It 🖼️\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eOnce the last piece clicks in, you will not want to break it up. Fine art collectors increasingly treat art jigsaw puzzles as display pieces in their own right, and our quality \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.restinpieces.co.uk\/products\/jigsaw-puzzle-frame\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003epuzzle frame\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e will let you hang the finished collage like a print. Gorey’s burgundy border and rich covers suit a dark panelled study, a gallery wall of literary curiosities, or a reading nook that is already heavy on hardbacks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhether you are a lifelong Gorey devotee or a newcomer who knows only the Gothic silhouettes, this puzzle is a lovely excuse to revisit, or discover, some great literary feats. Pour something warm, dim the lamps and let the spooky season begin. 🕯️\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJigsaw puzzle details \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cb\u003e🧩\u003c\/b\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1000 pieces | 50.8 x 68.6 cm | Artist: Edward Gorey | Brand: Pomegranate\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rest In Pieces","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56976561930626,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0491\/4370\/9856\/files\/edward-gorey-book-covers-1000-piece-art-jigsaw-puzzle-pomegranate.jpg?v=1791870864","url":"https:\/\/www.restinpieces.co.uk\/products\/1000-piece-edward-gorey-book-cover-art-jigsaw-puzzle","provider":"Rest In Pieces","version":"1.0","type":"link"}