The Raven. Illustrated by Gustave Doré
"The Raven" was illustrated by Gustave Doré, a French artist, engraver, illustrator and sculptor. Splendid first edition of Doré’s final illustrated book, his only commissioned by an American publisher and illustrating an American work, with 24 full-page folio wood-engravings and two vignettes by...
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"The Raven" was illustrated by Gustave Doré, a French artist, engraver, illustrator and sculptor. Splendid first edition of Doré’s final illustrated book, his only commissioned by an American publisher and illustrating an American work, with 24 full-page folio wood-engravings and two vignettes by Doré. An exceptional copy in original pictorial cloth and publisher’s box.
"The Raven" is a narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. First published in January 1845, the poem is often noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere. It tells of a talking raven's mysterious visit to a distraught lover, tracing the man's slow fall into madness.
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Format: papier
Publish date: 1884 (data przybliżona)
Publisher: New York: Harper & Brothers
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
American,
Mystery,
Poetry,
Horror,
Short Stories,
Gothic,
Fiction
The way the poem flows is beautiful. It makes you want to keep reading. And the illustrations are gorgeous.A dark poem about a man who has lost his love, Lenore. He hears someone knocking at his chamber door, but when he opens it there is no one there. He then opens the window and in flies the raven...
Genre: Classics / Poetry / Horror / Animals Year Published: 2006 Year Read: 2014 Publisher: KCP Poetry Now, I have been dying to read some of Edgar Allan Poe’s works for a long time and now I finally got the chance to reread Edgar Allan Poe’s classic poem called “The Raven” in graphi...
It's worth pointing out that, according to my Horrible Histories book on the Saxons, the raven was the Saxon messenger from the devil, arrived to foretell a person's fate, as described in Robert Southey's "The Devil's Due".
A classic that is a must read for a foundation in the wonderful world of October lit.