The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

Poe, Edgar Allan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140437487 ISBN 13: 9780140437485

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group, 1999

Synopsis

New England boy, Arthur Gordon Pym, stows away on a whaling ship with its captain's son, Augustus. The two boys repeatedly find themselves on the brink of death or discovery and witness many terrifying events, including mutiny, cannibalism, and frantic pursuits.

About this title

Review:

"It is Poe's greatest work."--Jorge Luis Borges

About the Author:

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-49) was born in Boston and orphaned at an early age. Taken in by a couple from Richmond, Virginia, he spent a semester at the University of Virginia but could not afford to stay longer. After joining the Army and matriculating as a cadet, he started his literary career with the anonymous publication of Tamerlane and Other Poems, before working as a literary critic. His life was dotted with scandals, such as purposefully getting himself court-martialled to ensure dismissal from the Army, being discharged from his job at the Southern Literary Messenger in Richmond after being found drunk by his boss, and secretly marrying his thirteen-year-old cousin Virginia (listed twenty-one on the marriage certificate). His work took him to both New York City and Baltimore, where he died at the age of forty, two years after Virginia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0140437487
• ISBN 13: 9780140437485
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288