The Raven (Illustrated)
Sept 2013 · Top Five Classics Book 14 · Top Five Books LLC
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About this eBook
This Top Five Classics illustrated edition of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven includes:
• All 25 illustrations by Gustave Doré for Harper & Brothers’ 1884 edition
• An informative Introduction
• A detailed Biography of Edgar Allan Poe
• The illustrated version and text-only version of the full poem
No
poem has ever received the kind of immediate and overwhelming response
that Poe’s “The Raven” did when it first appeared in the New York
Evening Mirror on January 29, 1845. It made Poe an overnight sensation
(though his great fame never brought him much wealth) and the poem, a
powerfully haunting elegy to lost love, remains one of the most beloved
and recognizable verses in the English language. The illustrations that
accompany this Top Five Classics edition are reproductions of the
renowned French artist Gustave Doré’s steel-plate engravings created for
Harper & Brothers’ 1884 release of The Raven. It would be Doré’s
last commission as he died shortly after completing the 25 illustrations
in January 1883. His illustrations would become famous in their own
right, evoking as they do the lyrical and mystical air of Poe’s
masterpiece.
• All 25 illustrations by Gustave Doré for Harper & Brothers’ 1884 edition
• An informative Introduction
• A detailed Biography of Edgar Allan Poe
• The illustrated version and text-only version of the full poem
No
poem has ever received the kind of immediate and overwhelming response
that Poe’s “The Raven” did when it first appeared in the New York
Evening Mirror on January 29, 1845. It made Poe an overnight sensation
(though his great fame never brought him much wealth) and the poem, a
powerfully haunting elegy to lost love, remains one of the most beloved
and recognizable verses in the English language. The illustrations that
accompany this Top Five Classics edition are reproductions of the
renowned French artist Gustave Doré’s steel-plate engravings created for
Harper & Brothers’ 1884 release of The Raven. It would be Doré’s
last commission as he died shortly after completing the 25 illustrations
in January 1883. His illustrations would become famous in their own
right, evoking as they do the lyrical and mystical air of Poe’s
masterpiece.
Ratings and reviews
4.3
5.21K reviews
Linda Jayne Ritchie Robertson Greer
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12 October 2014
WHY do i have to select a payment option, for a book that is FREE?! Just so you can see my country of origin?! I only want a good READ, not Official Secrets! No i AINT takin it and im sad cos i REALLY WANT THAT BOOK. Purely cos i cant give you NO stars, ye get one, verrry grudgingly!!
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Jai Crawford
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13 April 2014
If its free why is asking for payment type? I'd be quiet happy with paper back book I have instead of reading about payment types. I love Poe's work and this says its free so why is it asking for a payment type?
4 people found this review helpful
Capella
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29 August 2015
Kids in primary school write stuff like this. Is Edgar Allen Poe only famous because he's mentally handicapped and people buy his books because they feel sorry for him?
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