The Iron Tonic: Or, A Winter Afternoon in Lonely Valley [Hardcover]

It's difficult to say whatThe Iron Tonicis about, although it is known the skating pond conceals a family of enormous eels, and that the light is fading from the day. The rest is darkness and dismay. Finally, though,The Iron Toniccould be seen as Edward Gorey's version of a winter afternoon in one of the great Russian novels of the nineteenth century.
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