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| Original Title: | The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket and Related Tales |
| ISBN: | 0192837710 (ISBN13: 9780192837714) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Edgar Allan Poe
Paperback | Pages: 336 pages Rating: 3.67 | 2409 Users | 180 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket and Related Tales |
| Author | : | Edgar Allan Poe |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | World's Classics |
| Pages | : | Pages: 336 pages |
| Published | : | November 19th 1998 by Oxford University Press, USA (first published July 31st 1844) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Fiction. Horror. Fantasy. Gothic |
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Edgar Allan Poe's only novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket is a pivotal work in which Poe calls attention to the act of writing and to the problem of representing the truth. It is an archetypal American story of escape from domesticity tracing a young man's rite of passage through a series of terrible brushes with death during a fateful sea voyage. Included are eight related tales which further illuminate Pym by their treatment of persistent themes--fantastic voyages, gigantic whirlpools, and premature burials--as well as its relationship to Poe's art and life.Contents
The narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket -- (1838)
MS found in a bottle -- (1833)
Loss of breath -- (1832)
Mystification -- (1837)
How to write a Blackwood article -- (Nov 1838)
A descent into the maelström -- (Apr 1841)
The pit and the pendulum -- (1843
The balloon hoax -- (Apr 13, 1844)
The premature burial. (Jul 31, 1844)
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Ratings: 3.67 From 2409 Users | 180 ReviewsAssess Epithetical Books The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket and Related Tales
What an odd and wonderful book! A sea voyage unlike any other I've read about (and I've read about a lot of them). The story really pulled me in, even as it got stranger and more outlandish. I thoroughly enjoyed the ride.The legend that is Poe as well as perfecting the detective-story and the horror tale originated another unique, though little acknowledged, artform that of the 'weird novel'.The titular narrator, smuggled aboard a brig by a friend, on a journey to the (then) unknown South Seas, falls victim to mutiny, recapturing the vessel, wreckage in storms and starvation (prevented by cannibalism), as well as an encounter with an all-corpse-crewed vessel, on the drifting, slowly sinking hulk. Eventually
What the %$?? That is how I felt about The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym. This book made no sense. Okay, sure, sometimes it was exciting and harrowing with all the mutiny and starvation and cannibalism. But a lot of his physical descriptions were downright confusing. Like the set-up of Pym's hiding place on the Grampus. I didn't get that for a minute. I literally did not understand it. Was he in a crate? The language in this novel is very unclear.And later there was his description of the caves
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (1838) is the only complete novel by Edgar Allan Poe. It follows the adventures (and misadventures) of the titular character. The first story tells of a drunken trip out in a small boat, the Ariel, with his friend Augustus. They are caught in a storm and rescued by a larger, passing boat. The second, and main, story describes Gordon's trip on the Grampus. While stowed away in the hold, a mutiny takes place. Gordon and Augustus, along with a crew
Inspiration for Pym, as I discovered through a Black History web-surf.
Crazy. What I like best is that Pym is rescued by a friend who hears him smash a glass bottle, but doesn't know that this is what saved him until the friend tells him about it years later. Except that friend dies within a few weeks! Similarly, Pym dies before finishing his story, before revealing to us what horrible fate awaits him at the bottom of the world. It's as if (similar to a short story by Jorge Luis Borges) "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym" is the product of two or even three
What an odd and wonderful book! A sea voyage unlike any other I've read about (and I've read about a lot of them). The story really pulled me in, even as it got stranger and more outlandish. I thoroughly enjoyed the ride.
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