Edgar Allan Poe

Broschiertes Buch

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

Beschreibung

New England boy, Arthur Gordon Pym, stows away on a whaling ship with its captain's son, Augustus. The two boys repeatedly find themselves on the brink of death or discovery and witness many terrifying events, including mutiny, cannibalism, and frantic pursuits.

Autor

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American poet, short-story writer, writer of detective fiction, and critic. After publishing this novel he wrote TALES OF THE GROTESQUE AND ARABESQUE (1840) and THE RAVEN AND OTHER POEMS (1845). Richard Kopley isProfessor in the Department of English at Pennsylvania State University and Vice-President of the Poe Studies Association.

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Produktdetails

• Penguin Classics
• Verlag: Penguin US
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 41555
• 1999.
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 129mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 234g
• ISBN-13: 9780140437485
• ISBN-10: 0140437487
• Artikelnr.: 22178487

Rezensionen

It is Poe s greatest work. Jorge Luis Borges