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Poe: Stories and Poems: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

Gareth Hinds, illustrated by Gareth Hinds

This graphic-novel collection adapts seven well-known works by Edgar Allan Poe. Gareth Hinds renders the stories and poems in detailed full-color illustrations, creating chilling visual versions of Poe’s writing. Footnotes and annotations provide added context alongside the adaptations. The book brings Poe’s dark tales and poetry into a comic-book format while retaining a focus on the unsettling atmosphere of the original works.

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Book details

Themes
Art And Creativity · Mystery And Discovery · Writing And Storytelling
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Published
August 1, 2017
Pages
120
ISBN-13
9780763681128
Language
English
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