by Edgar Allan Poe (Author), Gustave Doré (Illustrator), Edmund C. Stedman (Foreword by)

The classic EDGAR ALLAN POE poem 'The Raven' also includes 20 original illustrations by GUSTAVE DOR and a 'Comment on the Poem' by EDMUND C. STEDMAN. 'The Raven' delves into the hidden horrors of the human psyche. Originally published in 1845, the poem is narrated by a melancholy scholar brooding over Lenore, a woman he loved who is now lost to him. One bleak December at midnight, a raven with fiery eyes visits the scholar and perches above his chamber door. Struggling to understand the meaning of the word his winged visitant repeats -- "Nevermore " -- the narrator descends by stages into madness...

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