Fletcher and Zenobia
By: by Victoria Chess and Edward Gorey ; illustrated by Victoria Chess
Contributors: Gorey, Edward, 1925-2000
Series: New York Review children's collection; New York Review children's collection
Publisher: New York Review Books; NYR Children's Collection; New York Review of Books
Published: 2016
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 72
ISBN-13: 9781590179635
Copyright date: 1967
Subjects: Moths; Cats; Metamorphosis; Dolls; Friendship; Fiction
Description: Our story opens with a cat stuck in a tree, an ordinary-enough occurrence. Fletcher the cat, having run up the tree in a moment of thoughtless abandon, cannot get back down. Then strange things begin to happen: Fletcher finds in his tree a steamer trunk full of hats, and among the hats a papier-mache egg that opens to reveal Zenobia, a worldly talking doll who was locked in the egg by an unfeeling child named Mabel. To cheer each other up, Fletcher and Zenobia decide to throw a party, complete with cake, peach ice cream, and punch from a silver punch bowl. The hats come in handy, and a moth, drawn to the festivities, soon becomes the vehicle of an unexpected escape plan.
Notes: Originally published by Meredith Press in 1967.

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