I’ve read some good reviews of Gareth Hinds’s graphic novels of classic literary works like The Odyssey, Beowulf, and Shakespeare’s plays: Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, and The Merchant of Venice. I have some nieces and a nephew who are approaching the age where they might like to read these wonderful graphic adaptations. I enjoyed Hinds’s treatment of Poe’s dark and lurid world. The artwork is exceptional and the stories and poems are compelling. If you’re looking for a way to introduce young people to the joys of reading classics, Poe, Stories and Poems (2017) would be a good place to start. Do you have a favorite Poe story or poem? GRADE: A
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
The Masque of the Red Death 1
The Cask of Amontillado 17
Annabel Lee 37
The Pit and the Pendulum 43
The Tell-Tale Heart 65
The Bells 83
The Raven 91
Author’s Note 106
My Poe favorites are (I suspect) not as well- known as the ones Hinds illustrates. “The Imp of the Perverse,” “Hop-Frog,” and “Ligeia”.
Deb, I remember reciting “Lenore” in Junior High School when we were required to memorize poetry. That seems to have completely fallen out of the curriculum.
All poetry has fallen out of the curriculum. All that’s cared about is what is on the standard test so the school can score well for fed and state dollars.
Rick, and that’s why parents have to bribe officials to get their kids in a good College!
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at list has most of them: The Cask of Amontillado (just read a new story “adapting” it), The Raven, Murders in the Rue Morgue (for the historical significance), The Tell-Tale Heart, Masque of the Red Death.
Jeff, it’s amazing how many classic stories Poe wrote in such a short time. And Poe also “invented” the detective story!
Rue Morgue, of course, Perloined Letter, and a few of the popular poems, like the Raven. As a kid I liked the scary ones, Pit and Pendulum, Cask of Amontillado, Telltale Heart. Don’t read Poe much any more.
Rick, I liked the Poe movies made in the 1960s.
Bells, or The Bells, whatever it’s called!