The Raven: A Pop-up Book (Dead Books & Minds, #23) (Penguin Classic Horror) (Classic Edgar Allan Poe)

by Edgar Allan Poe

Christopher Wormell (Illustrator)

Once upon a midnight dreary,
while I pondered weak and weary,

Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,

While I nodded, nearly napping,
suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping,
rapping at my chamber door . . .
Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” is one of the most widely recognised poems in the English language. When it first appeared in the New York Evening Mirror, in 1845, the poem made Poe an overnight sensation. Master paper engineer David Pelham amazes us once again with his pop-up design to interpret this haunting love story.

• ISBN13: 9781419721977
• Publish Date: 9 August 2016 (first published 15 October 1986)
• Publish Status: Active
• Out of Print: 4 March 2021
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Abrams
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 14
• Language: English
• URL: https://abramsandchronicle.co.uk/book/9781419721977-the-raven/

Reviews

OMFG.

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I've read The Raven a few times in the past, but never "properly". Because of the reputation this poem has, I hoped that this was why I didn't appreciate it as much as it seems I should have.
I decided to finally sit down and read through it a few times slowly, and think about it properly.
And yes, it does get better with repetition, and yes, it is worth spending some time thinking about. Rather than wondering why people really like The Raven, I now really like it myself. I still don't find it exceptional, but it's definitely a thoughtful, emotional piece of writing that I think is not only worth reading, but also worth re-reading and thinking about.