The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym and Other Tales

Annotated Edition

Edgar Allan Poe (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2025
Alma Classics (Verlag)
978-1-84749-932-5 (ISBN)

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The only novel completed by the master of the short-story form, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym relates the rollicking adventures of a boy from Nantucket as he boards a succession of ships and travels in the farthest regions of the southern hemisphere. On the way, he experiences the hardships and dangers of life at sea, surviving a violent storm, stowing away on a whaling ship and being reduced to the most extreme measures by hunger. The result is a yarn as thrilling as any of Poe's horror stories.

Alongside Pym's exploits, this collection includes many celebrated tales, such as 'The Cask of Amontillado', 'The Gold Bug' and 'Hop-Frog', as well as Poe's second, unfinished novel, The Journal of Julius Rodman, all of which bear witness to the narrative genius of one of America's greatest storytellers.

Born in Boston, Edgar Allan Poe (1809-49) was brought up by the Allan merchant family after the death of his mother and being abandoned by his father. While studying at the University of Virginia he started self-publishing volumes of poetry, and after a stint in the military began writing essays and fiction for a living. He died of unknown causes - with rabies, cholera, alcoholism and tuberculosis among the hypotheses - in Baltimore.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	24.4.2025
Verlagsort	Richmond
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Horror
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
ISBN-10	1-84749-932-5 / 1847499325
ISBN-13	978-1-84749-932-5 / 9781847499325
Zustand	Neuware