The Raven, Edgar Allan Poe
The Raven, Edgar Allan Poe
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The Raven

Author: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrator: David Atwood

Unabridged: 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: David Atwood

Published: 09/16/2023


Synopsis

David Atwood is a professional voice actor who has been heard for decades on TV, radio, games, theater, and movies. He performed Poe's classic The Raven in theater and now presents it for you to enjoy in audio form.

About Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American poet, short story writer, editor, and literary critic who is credited with inventing the detective fiction genre and with contributing to the emerging science fiction genre. He began his literary career with the anonymous publication of a collection of his poems entitled Tamerlane and Other Poems. He then turned to writing prose and spent the next several years working for literary journals and periodicals, becoming well known for his particular style of literary criticism. He served for a time on the staff of the New York Mirror, in which his poem "The Raven" was published. Poe's other well-known works include his stories "The Purloined Letter," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," and "The Mystery of Marie Roget."


Reviews

Goodreads review by Federico on April 11, 2024

Wes Craven. by Federico DN For the love of God, poetry please begone! I loathe ye! Can’t thou see? Just let me be! Obliterated my soul, poetry stands alone. ..................Curious I will be, “Nevermore.” ----------------------------------------------- PERSONAL NOTE: [1845] [6p] [Horror] [Poetry]......more

Goodreads review by Sean Barrs on June 17, 2016

Shall we descend into madness? Shall we be haunted by our own desires? Shall we be consumed by that terrible facet of life known only as death? Shall we cling to what cannot be reanimated? Shall we wish for a return of something that has long been in darkness? Shall we become obliterated by the brut......more

Goodreads review by Meghhnaa on November 18, 2022

A comprehensive and exhaustive work of Poe, on a lover’s grief and affliction, lamenting over his tragic lost love. With the focus on death, the supernatural, battle between emotions vs cogency, the poem circles around “Dark Romanticism” The poem’s opening line, sets the perfect meter for grief and......more