The No1 Ethical retailer for Books, CD’s, DVD’s & Games
30 Day Refund Guarantee

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (Penguin Classics)

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (Penguin Classics)

by Edgar Allan Poe (Author), Richard Kopley (Contributor)

  • New

    Paperback 2000

    $10.77

  • Used

    Paperback 1975

    $3.44
Synopsis

Poe found the germ of the story he would develop into ARTHUR GORDON PYM in 1836 in a newspaper account of the shipwreck and subsequent rescue of the two men on board. Published in 1838, this rousing sea adventure follows New England boy, Pym, who stows away on a whaling ship with its captain's son, Augustus. The two boys repeatedly find themselves on the brink of death or discovery and witness many terrifying events, including mutiny, cannibalism, and frantic pursuits. Poe imbued this deliberately popular tale with such allegorical richness, biblical imagery, and psychological insights that the tale has come to influence writers as various as Melville, James, Verne and Nabokov.

$10.77

Save:$2.36 (18%)

Quantity

4 in stock

More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 288
 Edition: Revised ed.
 Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 06 Jan 2000
ISBN 10: 0140437487
ISBN 13: 9780140437485

Media Reviews
It is Poe's greatest work. --Jorge Luis Borges
Author Bio
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-49) was born in Boston and orphaned at an early age. Taken in by a couple from Richmond, Virginia, he spent a semester at the University of Virginia but could not afford to stay longer. After joining the Army and matriculating as a cadet, he started his literary career with the anonymous publication of Tamerlane and Other Poems, before working as a literary critic. His life was dotted with scandals, such as purposefully getting himself court-martialled to ensure dismissal from the Army, being discharged from his job at the Southern Literary Messenger in Richmond after being found drunk by his boss, and secretly marrying his thirteen-year-old cousin Virginia (listed twenty-one on the marriage certificate). His work took him to both New York City and Baltimore, where he died at the age of forty, two years after Virginia.