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The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (The Art of the Novella)

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The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (The Art of the Novella)

When Edgar Allan Poeâ€™s only novella was first published in 1838, the reviews were slow in coming and dismissive when they arrived. The bookâ€™s failure left Poe in such dire financial straits that he even accepted a job at one of the magazines that had panned it. But The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket has since become one of his most influential works: Baudelaire translated it, Paul Theroux read it out loud to Jorge Luis Borges, Jules Verne wrote a sequel to it, H. P. Lovecraft drew on it in creating his own tales of the Antarctic . . .

Ostensibly, itâ€™s a classic adventure story about a young boy who runs away to sea and encounters all the classic scenarios: mutinies, storms, shipwrecks, ravenous sharks, hostile natives. And Poe drew on many contemporary accounts of exploration in the South Seas to give his story a sense of verisimilitude.

But there are far deeper currents at work in the book than mere adventure: elements of the supernatural as they near the South Pole, evocations of the protagonistsâ€™ experiences at sea that rival Poeâ€™s best tales of horror, and a disturbing ending that continues to stir debate.

Country	USA
Author	Edgar Allan Poe
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: Melville House
EAN	9781612192222
Edition	Reprint
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	161219222X
Label	Melville House
Manufacturer	Melville House
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	192
PublicationDate	2013-08-13
Publisher	Melville House
ReleaseDate	2013-08-13
Studio	Melville House

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