Edward Gorey
Author
Series
Lewis Barnavelt series volume 1
Language
English
Description
"When Lewis Barnavelt, an orphan. comes to stay with his uncle Jonathan, he expects to meet an ordinary person. But he is wrong. Uncle Jonathan and his next-door neighbor, Mrs. Zimmermann, are both witches! Lewis is thrilled. At first, watching magic is enough. Then Lewis experiments with magic himself and unknowingly resurrects the former owner of the house: a woman named Serenna Izard. It seems that Serenna and her husband built a timepiece into...
Author
Series
Lewis Barnavelt series volume 5
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1993
Language
English
Description
In 1951, while visiting a distant cousin in the English countryside, thirteen-year-old Lewis Barnavelt accidentally unleashes demonic forces and summons the ghost of an evil wizard bent on killing the Barnavelt family.
Author
Series
Lewis Barnavelt series volume 6
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1995
Language
English
Description
Lewis Barnavelt and Rose Rita Pottinger are faced with a dilemma when their discovery of an unpublished opera score unleashes a wicked sorcerer who plans to rule the world by bringing back the dead.
Author
Series
Lewis Barnavelt series volume 4
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1993
Language
English
Description
Rose Rita Pottinger and Mrs. Zimmermann are transported back to 1828 to save the Weiss family from being destroyed by a wicked wizard.