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

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

by EdgarAllanPoe (Author)

Synopsis

Sixteen-year-old Arthur is looking for adventure. So he stows away on a whaling ship bound for the South Pacific. But he gets more excitement than he could ever have imagined when, soon after setting sail, the crew rebel against their captain and murder everyone who will not join them. As the leaderless ship sails deep into high southern latitudes, the ravenous sailors begin to regret their treachery. Storms overwhelm the decks, and the nightmare vision of a corpse-ridden ghost ship taunts them as they starve. It seems they are being punished for their sins.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 26 Jan 2006

ISBN 10: 0141023511
ISBN 13: 9780141023519

Author Bio
Edgar Allen Poe (1809-1849), American poet, a master of the horror tale, credited with practically inventing the detective story. Poe's first collection, Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (1840) contained one of his most famous works, The Fall of the House of Usher. During the early 1840s Poe's best-selling work was The Conchologist's First Book (1839). The dark poem of lost love, The Raven, brought Poe national fame, when it appeared in 1845. The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841) and The Purloined Letter are among Poe's most famous detective stories.