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...
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