The RavenA talking raven visits a devasted lover, who is in the midst of mourning the loss of his great love, Leonore. One of the most famous narrative poems, written by the great Edgar Allan Poe, it was first published to immediate success in 1845. This edition is from 1884, beautifully illustrated with lavish woodcuts by the great French artist Gustave Doré, and features a comment by the poet Edward C. Stedman. Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American poet, author, and literary critic. Most famous for his poetry, short stories, and tales of the supernatural, mysterious, and macabre, he is also regarded as the inventor of the detective genre and a contributor to the emergence of science fiction, dark romanticism, and weird fiction. His most famous works include "The Raven" (1945), "The Black Cat" (1943), and "The Gold-Bug" (1843). |
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Edgar Allan Poe. Edgar Allan Poe The Raven ILLUSTRATED BY GUSTAVE DORÉ Saga The Raven Original title The Raven Copyright © 1884, 2019 Front Cover.
Edgar Allan Poe. Edgar Allan Poe The Raven ILLUSTRATED BY GUSTAVE DORÉ Saga The Raven Original title The Raven Copyright © 1884, 2019 Front Cover.
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Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven Original title The Raven Copyright © 1884, 2019 Edgar Allan Poe, Edmund Clarence Stedman and SAGA Egmont All rights reserved ISBN: 9788726320848 1. e-book edition, 2019 Format: EPUB 2.0 All rights reserved. No ...
Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven Original title The Raven Copyright © 1884, 2019 Edgar Allan Poe, Edmund Clarence Stedman and SAGA Egmont All rights reserved ISBN: 9788726320848 1. e-book edition, 2019 Format: EPUB 2.0 All rights reserved. No ...
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Edgar Allan Poe. LIST. OF. ILLUSTRATIONS. WITH. NAMES. OF. ENGRAVERS. Title-page, designed by Elihu Vedder. Frederick Juengling. “Nevermore.” H. Claudius, G. Y. Buechner. ANATKH. H. Claudius, “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, ...
Edgar Allan Poe. LIST. OF. ILLUSTRATIONS. WITH. NAMES. OF. ENGRAVERS. Title-page, designed by Elihu Vedder. Frederick Juengling. “Nevermore.” H. Claudius, G. Y. Buechner. ANATKH. H. Claudius, “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, ...
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Edgar Allan Poe. “Till I scarcely more than muttered, 'Other friends have flown before— On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before.'” Frank French. “Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto ...
Edgar Allan Poe. “Till I scarcely more than muttered, 'Other friends have flown before— On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before.'” Frank French. “Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto ...
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alliteration analysis angels name Lenore appeared artist beauty bird burden bust chamber door changes contained curtain darkness death designed Doré Doubting Doubtless dream dying effect eternal eyes fancy fantastic felt final floor flown followed forgotten Frederick Juengling gained genius gloating hand hath Haunted heard heart Hope hour ILLUSTRATIONS imagination implore influence kind King Lady lamplight land latter least Leave less light lines living lost lost Lenore maiden master melancholy melody memories mystery nature nepenthe never Nevermore Night’s Night’s Plutonian shore o’er Open originality passion Perched perfected Poe’s poem poet poet’s poetic printed Quoth the Raven rare refrain revised rhyme romantic scarcely seems shadow share sitting sorrow soul sound stanza success sure tapping Tell tempest thee things utter velvet verse violet volume Wandering wholly window winds woman