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The narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of nantucket

By: Series: Collins ClassicPublication details: William Collins 2016 LondonDescription: xv, 250 pISBN:
  • 9780008166779
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • P6N2 813.52
Summary: It was unnecessary for all to perish, when, by the death of one, it was possible, and even probable, that the rest might be finally preserved.’ Travelling aboard a whaling vessel, a young stowaway is swept up in myriad misadventures mutiny, shipwreck, cannibalism narrowly escaping numerous brushes with death. This rousing story of a daring sea voyage also presents its antihero with a host of psychological dilemmas, and offers an important insight into Poe’s work as a whole. The only complete novel by infamous gothic horror writer Edgar Allan Poe, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket’ has inspired other classic tales of maritime adventure, such as Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick’ and Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. https://www.harpercollins.co.uk/9780008166779
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Table of Contents

Preface
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
Episode 5
Episode 6
Episode 7
Episode 8
Episode 9
Episode 10
Episode 11
Episode 12
Preface
Note

It was unnecessary for all to perish, when, by the death of one, it was possible, and even probable, that the rest might be finally preserved.’

Travelling aboard a whaling vessel, a young stowaway is swept up in myriad misadventures mutiny, shipwreck, cannibalism narrowly escaping numerous brushes with death. This rousing story of a daring sea voyage also presents its antihero with a host of psychological dilemmas, and offers an important insight into Poe’s work as a whole.

The only complete novel by infamous gothic horror writer Edgar Allan Poe, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket’ has inspired other classic tales of maritime adventure, such as Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick’ and Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.

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