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
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 08/01/2017
Pages: 120
Weight: 0.9lbs
Size: 10.40h x 6.70w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780763695095

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