Poe: Stories and Poems: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Gareth Hinds -- Gareth Hinds - Paperback

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
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 08/01/2017
Pages: 120
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 10.40h x 6.70w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780763695095
Age Range: 13-17

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


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 07/01/2017 pg. 46
Publishers Weekly 08/07/2017
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

About the Author
Gareth Hinds is the acclaimed creator of the graphic novels Macbeth, The Odyssey, Beowulf, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, and King Lear. Gareth Hinds lives near Washington, D.C.