Binding: Hardcover
Description: Part of a new six - volume series of the best in classic horror selected by award - winning director Guillermo del Toro The Raven: Tales and Poems is a landmark new anthology of Poe's work which defied convention shocked readers and confounded critics. This selection of Poe's writings demonstrates the astonishing power and imagination with which he probed the darkest corners of the human mind. The Fall of the House of Usher describes the final hours of a family tormented by tragedy and the legacy of the past. In The Tell Tale Heart a murderer's insane delusions threaten to betray him while stories such as The Pit and the Pendulum and The Cask of Amontillado explore extreme states of decadence fear and hate. The title narrative poem maybe Poe's most famous work follows a man's terrifying descent into madness after the loss of a lover. Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 49) was born in Boston US a. He was a short - story writer editor and literary critic and is considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor the detective - fiction genre.
Title: The Raven
Author(s): Poe Edgar Allan
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Barcode: 9780143122364
Pages: 272 Pages
Publication Date: 10/1/2013
Series: Penguin Classic Horror
Category: Classic Fiction