The Stories of Edgar Allan Poe is a brilliant collection of some of his
best-known stories: The Tell Tale Heart (a murder's haunting guilt), The Cask of
Amontillado (a story of brilliant revenge), and The Fall of the House of Usher
(an ancient house full of very dark secretes). Also included in this collection
are The Mask of the Red Death (horrors of 'the Plague'), and the most famous of
all his poems: The Raven (a lover's decline into madness). Best read in a
dimly-lit room with the curtains drawn, Poe's brilliant works come to life in
darkly thrilling ways in this Manga Classic adaptation.
This was surprisingly true to the source material. It was also interesting to experience an artist's interpretation of Poe's work. In this case, the art was quite spartan, rather than going into the detail that artist's renderings of gothic stories so often are. While I don't think this should ever serve as a substitute for the original, it's definitely an excellent way for readers to get to know Poe's work, especially since the art manages to convey the themes of fear, darkness, and madness in quite a compelling way.
Definitely worth picking up for fans of manga, younger readers, or readers who work better with visual cues rather than just words on the page.
