Poe: Stories and Poems: A Graphic Novel (a Haunting Visual Adaptation and Retelling of Edgar Allan Poe's Chilling Works - For Young Adults and Teens)

By Gareth Hinds and Edgar Allan Poe

Book Overview

In a thrilling adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's best-known works, acclaimed artist-adapter Gareth Hinds translates Poe's dark genius into graphic-novel format. It is true that I am nervous. But why will you say that I am mad? In "The Cask of Amontillado," a man exacts revenge on a disloyal friend at carnival, luring him into catacombs below the city. In "The Masque of the Red Death," a prince shielding himself from plague hosts a doomed party inside his abbey stronghold. A prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition, faced with a swinging blade and swarming rats, can't see his tormentors in "The Pit and the Pendulum," and in "The Tell-Tale Heart," a milky eye and a deafening heartbeat reveal the effects of conscience and creeping madness. Alongside these tales are visual interpretations of three poems -- "The Raven," "The Bells," and Poe's poignant elegy to lost love, "Annabel Lee." The seven concise graphic narratives, keyed to thematic icons, amplify and honor the timeless legacy of a master of gothic horror.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763695092
• ISBN13: 9780763695095
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.7" x 10.4"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher