The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
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- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
15 May 2002
Summary
After reading an 1836 newspaper account of a shipwreck and its two survivors, Edgar Allan Poe penned his only novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, the story of a stowaway on a Nantucket whaleship who finds himself enmeshed in the dark side of life at sea—mutiny, cannibalism, savagery—even death. As Jeffrey Meyers writes in his Introduction, “Poe remains contemporary because he appeals to basic human feelings and expresses universal themes common to all men in all l…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780375760075 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0375760075 |
| Author: | Edgar Allan Poe, Jeffrey Meyers |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Modern Library Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 15 May 2002 |
| Weight: | 193g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 132mm x 12mm |
| Series: | Modern Library Classics |
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“It is Poe’s greatest work.”-Jorge Luis Borges
“It is Poe’s greatest work.”—Jorge Luis Borges
About The Author
Edgar Allan Poe
Jeffrey Meyers, a distinguished biographer, is the author of Edgar Allan Poe, D. H. Lawrence, and Joseph Conrad, among others. He lives in Berkeley, California.
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