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Poe
Stories and Poems
120 pages
A dread-soaked, visually striking descent into madness, murder, and tragic lost love.
What it feels like
This briskly paced graphic collection translates classic gothic horror into a visually striking, dread-soaked experience. The mood is relentlessly macabre, illuminated by flickering firelight and steeped in blood and bones. Readers are pulled through a nervous, terrifying descent into madness, sadistic torment, and brutal revenge, only to be met with the poignant tragedy of lost love. The concise graphic narratives amplify the dark genius of the original tales, offering a shadowy, atmospheric journey. It is an ideal read for young adults and horror enthusiasts seeking a highly visual, accessible immersion into timeless tales of murder, plague, and inescapable mortality.
- Mood
- dread-soaked
- gothic
- terrifying
- shadowy
- Tone
- macabre
- tragic
- nervous
- poignant
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- descent into madness · terrifying revenge · lost love · inescapable mortality
- The writing
- Concise and visually amplified, translating classic gothic horror into striking graphic narratives.
- The arc
- Moves from nervous dread and terrifying madness to poignant, tragic sorrow.
- Who it's for
- Young adult readers and classic horror fans looking for a visually striking, accessible entry into macabre tales.
Content notes
- murder
- plague
- torture
- madness
- blood
About the book
It is true that I am nervous. But why will you say that I am mad? In stories and poems written well over a century ago, Edgar Allan Poe established himself as the original American master of gothic horror. Now, acclaimed artist-adapter Gareth Hinds translates Poe's dark genius into the graphic novel format for Poe fans new and old. Blood, bones, and flickering firelight set the mood for Hinds's vision of Poe's macabre and tragic worlds. In "The Cask of Amontillado," a man takes a terrifying revenge on a friend who has insulted him. In "The Masque of the Red Death," a prince hosts a party in his abbey stronghold while plague spreads outside. A prisoner finds himself in the sadistic clutches of the Spanish Inquisition in "The Pit and the Pendulum," and in "The Telltale Heart," a single milky eye incites madness and murder. Alongside the tales are visual interpretations of three iconic poems: "The Raven," "The Bells," and Poe's poignant elegy to lost love, "Annabel Lee." Taken together, these seven concise graphic narratives both amplify and honor a timeless legacy. - Jacket flap.
Description from Open Library.
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