內容簡介
內容簡介 不幸的小孩Charlotte Sophia和爸爸媽媽過著幸福快樂日子。後來著爸爸被調到非洲打仗，媽媽接到爸爸被殺害的消息，傷心欲絕，也跟著生病離去。Charlotte Sophia被叔叔安排就讀寄宿學校。在學校，她被同學欺負，被老師處罰，不開心的Charlotte Sophia爬牆逃出學校，跌落在路邊，被救回，卻也被賣掉，新的家庭要Charlotte Sophia一直工作幫忙賺錢。而另一方，爸爸其實還活著，他日日夜夜駕著車在街上尋找女兒。有一天Charlotte Sophia在街頭工作，突然被車一撞，昏倒，開車的人，正是她的爸爸。 Edward Gorey擅長鉛筆創作，The Hapless Child是最著名的創作之一 ，這本書消失多年 後，現在又能付梓，讓讀者能為可憐的Charlotte Sophia再掬一把同情淚。而本書的圖畫尺寸和原畫尺寸是一模一樣，是Edward Gorey在小小的紙張裡，一筆一筆細膩畫出。This sorry tale of petite Charlotte Sophia's catastrophic, short life is classic Gorey. The poor child is orphaned and treated mercilessly by schoolmates and ruffians alike, and only barely survives--for a time, anyway--by the skin of her baby teeth. Even her doll suffers a grusome end. The little girl's journeiy is perfect fodder for Edward Gorey's brilliant penwork, so detailed and perfectly wrought that it's hard to believe he could master these images at such a small size (the illustrations reproduced in the book ar the same size as his original drawings). The Hapless Child is widely regarded as one of Gorey's best books; happily it is now back in print after an absence of many years, so that we can all enjoy weeping for CHarlotte Sophia again...and again, and again."
