Product Description

After reading an 1836 newspaper account of a shipwreck and its two survivors, Edgar Allan Poe penned his only novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, the story of a stowaway on a Nantucket whaleship who finds himself enmeshed in the dark side of life at sea: mutiny, cannibalism, savagery—even death. As Jeffrey Meyers writes in his Introduction: “[Poe] remains contemporary because he appeals to basic human feelings and expresses universal themes common to all men in all languages: dreams, love, loss; grief, mourning, alienation; terror, revenge, murder; insanity, disease, and death.” Within the pages of this novel, we encounter nearly all of them.

This Modern Library Paperback Classic reprints the text of the original 1838 American edition.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1003549 in Books
• Published on: 2002-05-14
• Released on: 2002-05-14
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 8.00" h x .45" w x 5.20" l, .35 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Review
“It is Poe’s greatest work.”—Jorge Luis Borges

Ingram
Set in 1827, this tale is an exciting blend of romantic adventure and realistic detail. The young hero, Pym, aided by Augustus, the captain's son, becomes a stowaway.

From the Back Cover
“It is Poe’s greatest work.”—Jorge Luis Borges