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I mistakenly thought this was a graphic novel version, but it's really just Poe's poems with some lame illustrations. Seriously - the kids could come up with better pictures.

The stars are for this version, not for Poe. He's a legend.

prudikovaa_s's review

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dark mysterious sad fast-paced

4.0

nikki_in_niagara's review against another edition

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3.0

I love Poe's stories and I love three of his poems: The Raven, Annabel Lee and The Bells. I kind of like Eldorado. I was disappointed to find that The Bells was not included in this poetry collection, but not surprised as it was omitted from the last graphic compilation I read too. I wonder why it's not as popular as I'd like? Hmmmm. The poems here are Poe's original text. They are written in a slightly larger than normal font, with double spaced lines and the type is bolded making it feel more accessible to younger readers. Also many pages have only one or two stanzas so as not to overwhelm with pages of full text. I've always loved Gahan's illustrations ever since I came across a wonderful book when I was very young called "Harry and the Sea Serpent". I was more than pleased with his combination of creepy but cartoony illustrations. The selection of poems was less pleasing; other than the first three listed below that I knew (mentioned above) i hadn't read (or more likely did but don't remember) any of the others and they didn't do anything for me. Included are:

The Raven
Annabel Lee
Eldorado
Lines on Ale
The City in the Sea
The Sleeper
Alone
The Haunted Palace
The Conqueror Worm (ok, I know this, but don't like it)