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.

Product Details
Audience: Age 12 and up
Education Grade Range: Grade 7 & Up

Author: Gareth Hinds
Illustrated by: Gareth Hinds
Publisher: Candlewick

ISBN: 9780763695095
Binding: Paperback
Page Count: 128 pages
Dimensions: 7.81 "W x 10.88 "H x 0.39 "D
Weight: 18 Oz

Young Adult Fiction, Manga & Graphic Novels, Classic, Adaptation, Gothic, Horror, Scary, Poe

Poe: Stories and Poems