The Raven

A stunningly creepy deluxe hardcover edition with spot gloss,black sprayed edgesblack-stained pagesand black endpapers. Part of a six-volume series of the best in classic horrorselected by Academy Award-winning director of The Shape of Water Guillermo del Toro. Filmmaker and longtime horror literature fan Guillermo del Toro serves as the curator for the Penguin Horror seriesa new collection of classic tales and poems by masters of the genre. Included here are some of del ToroΓÇÖs favoritesfrom Mary ShelleyΓÇÖs Frankenstein and Ray RussellΓÇÖs short story ΓÇ£SardonicusΓÇ¥ considered by Stephen King to be ΓÇ£perhaps the finest example of the modern Gothic ever writtenΓÇ¥ to Shirley JacksonΓÇÖs The Haunting of Hill House and stories by Ray BradburyJoyce Carol OatesTed Kleinand Robert E. Howard. Featuring original cover art by Penguin Art Director Paul Buckleythese stunningly creepy deluxe hardcovers will be perfect additions to the shelves of horrorsci-fifantasyand paranormal aficionados everywhere. The Raven The Raven: Tales and Poems is a landmark new anthology of PoeΓÇÖs workwhich defied conventionshocked readersand confounded critics. This selection of PoeΓÇÖs writings demonstrates the astonishing power and imagination with which he probed the darkest corners of the human mind. ΓÇ£The Fall of the House of UsherΓÇ¥ describes the final hours of a family tormented by tragedy and the legacy of the past. In ΓÇ£The Tell Tale HeartΓÇ¥ a murderer’s insane delusions threaten to betray himwhile stories such as ΓÇ£The Pit and the PendulumΓÇ¥ and ΓÇ£The Cask of AmontilladoΓÇ¥ explore extreme states of decadencefear and hate. The title narrative poemmaybe PoeΓÇÖs most famous workfollows a manΓÇÖs terrifying descent into madness after the loss of a lover.