The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

The classic EDGAR ALLAN POE poem ''The Raven'' also includes 20 original illustrations by GUSTAVE DORÉ and a ''Comment on the Poem'' by EDMUND C. STEDMAN. ''The Raven'' delves into the hidden horrors of the human psyche. Originally published in 1845, the poem is narrated by a melancholy scholar brooding over Lenore, a woman he loved who is now lost to him. One bleak December at midnight, a raven with fiery eyes visits the scholar and perches above his chamber door. Struggling to understand the meaning of the word his winged visitant repeats -- "Nevermore!" -- the narrator descends by stages into madness...