| The Curious Sofa | |
| Author: | Edward Gorey (Ogdred Weary) |
| Illustrator: | Edward Gorey (Ogdred Weary) |
| Cover Artist: | Edward Gorey (Ogdred Weary) |
| Publisher: | I. Obolensky |
| Pub Date: | 1961 |
| Isbn: | 978-0-396-07861-6 |
| Isbn Note: | (1980 reprint) |
| Oclc: | 1943444 |
| Followed By: | The Hapless Child |
The Curious Sofa is a 1961 book by Edward Gorey, published under the anagrammatic pen name Ogdred Weary. According to the cover, the book is a "pornographic illustrated story about furniture". Reviews of the book clarify that the illustrations are not overtly sexual, although innuendos and strategically deployed urns and tree branches abound. The New York Times Book Review described it as "Gorey's naughty, hilarious travesty of lust". Gorey has stated that he intended to satirize Story of O.[1]
The story appears in Gorey's 1972 anthology Amphigorey.
The German translation was banned in Austria in 1966 on the grounds of "This publication is therefore suitable for deleteriously influencing the moral, mental and health development of young people, particularly by stimulating lustfulness and misleading the sex drive."[2]