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The Raven with Illustrations & Translations in English & French - Community Reviews back

by Edgar Allan Poe
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The Girl who Reads
The Girl who Reads rated it 12 years ago
This famous poem is a grisly exploration of a man, his memories of Lenore, and the raven that interrupts his work on a dark December night, with constant tapping at his chamber door. All the Poe works that I've managed to read so far, I have audio-read them while at work and this poem specifically h...
Ana V.
Ana V. rated it 12 years ago
"The Raven" is the first audiobook I have ever listened to, and I must say the reading was exquisite. I don't know if that's because I'm not used to someone reading me stories, so when I find a man that can read with such power and enchant me, I'm completely taken away. It's a beautiful poem, a beau...
Emad Attely [The Book Nerd]
Emad Attely [The Book Nerd] rated it 12 years ago
"Once upon a midnight dreary" I sat on my bed and read The Raven!This particular poem has a special place in my heart. Poe wrote many other great poems - I know! But this one is different. And don't ask me why! Because I, simply, don't know!
michael
michael rated it 12 years ago
By turns beautiful and disturbing, Lou Reed has adapted the poems and stories of Edgar Allan Poe as a musical, presented here as a book of lyrical poetry and prose. The illustrations by Mattotti are by turns dream-like and nightmarish, in both stark monochromes and vividly febrile colour.This is the...
AmySea
AmySea rated it 13 years ago
You know, it's The Raven. It's so good that it still crops up in popular culture all the time. When I read this poem in 8th or 9th grade (ahem) years ago, it floored me. It was fantastic, and I think it's the first time I really appreciated how words could be used together to create the beautiful...
I'm A Book Shark
I'm A Book Shark rated it 13 years ago
I've read this before, but here is James Earl Jones's audio version of this epic poem. NEVERMORE :o)
Bonnie
Bonnie rated it 13 years ago
Once upon a midnight dreary,while I pondered, weak and weary,Over many a quaint and curious volumeof forgotten lore,While I nodded, nearly napping,suddenly there came a tapping,As of some one gently rapping,rapping at my chamber door."'Tis some visiter," I muttered,"tapping at my chamber door --Only...
kishawhite
kishawhite rated it 14 years ago
I felt like reading The Raven. IT was beautiful and lyrical but not my cup of tea.
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