Poe: Stories and Poems: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Gareth Hinds

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.

Author: Gareth Hinds

Publisher: Candlewick

Publication Date: August 01, 2017

Number of Pages: 120 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 0763695092

ISBN-13: 9780763695095