I saw this book at work the other day, and I immediately bought it. No regrets here. "The Raven" is a classic poem by Edgar Allan Poe. This version is illustrated by Chloe Bristol.
[""The Raven" A narrative poem by Edgar Allan Poe. Published originally in January 1845, the poem has a musical quality with stylized language and a supernatural atmosphere. It speaks of a mysterious talking raven's visit to a distraught lover, depicting the man's slow fall into madness. The lover is lamenting the loss of his love, Lenore. Sitting on a bust of "Pallas", the raven seems to have a purpose of further instigating his distress with its constant repetition of the word "Nevermore". This poem makes good use of a number of folk and classical references."]
The narrator looked like Poe, which was both realistic in Poe's inspiration for the poem, as well as highly entertaining. The illustrations were beautiful and full of shades of red, beige, and black. It was dark, but it somehow was filled with all of that Victorian beauty and history.
I NEED more of these classic stories reimagined into children's picture books. Liken now.
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