Poe: Stories and Poems: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Gareth Hinds (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780763681128)

In a thrilling adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's best-known works, acclaimed artist-adapter Gareth Hinds translates Poe's dark genius into graphic-novel format.

It is true that I am nervous. But why will you say that I am mad?

In "The Cask of Amontillado," a man exacts revenge on a disloyal friend at carnival, luring him into catacombs below the city. In "The Masque of the Red Death," a prince shielding himself from plague hosts a doomed party inside his abbey stronghold. A prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition, faced with a swinging blade and swarming rats, can't see his tormentors in "The Pit and the Pendulum," and in "The Tell-Tale Heart," a milky eye and a deafening heartbeat reveal the effects of conscience and creeping madness. Alongside these tales are visual interpretations of three poems -- "The Raven," "The Bells," and Poe's poignant elegy to lost love, "Annabel Lee." The seven concise graphic narratives, keyed to thematic icons, amplify and honor the timeless legacy of a master of gothic horror.

Author: Gareth Hinds
ISBN-10: 0763681121
ISBN-13: 9780763681128
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 08/01/2017
Pages: 120
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 10.60h x 6.90w x 0.60d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.1
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 192700 / Poe: Stories and Poems


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 07/01/2017 pg. 95
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2017
Booklist 07/01/2017 pg. 46
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2017 pg. 123
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2017
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2018 - Superior,Well Above Average