Started: 9/26/06
Finished: 9/28/06
Year: 1999 (originally written 1838)
Genre: Literature
Grade: B-
Reason for reading: booksfree.com
Blurb (from back cover): "A stowaway aboard the whaling ship Grampus, Arthur Gordon Pym finds himself bound on an extraordinary voyage to the high southern latitudes. Poe's remarkable novel recounts the "incredible adventures and discoveries" of Pym and his companions. There is mutiny, appalling butchery, and the "exquisite horror" of cannibalism; premature burial within an impenetrable seaborne labyrinth; a corpse-ridden ghost ship, gigantic polar bears, and uncharted islands peopled by barbarian hordes.
"It was Poe's unique genius, however, that imbued this Gothic adventure tale with such allegorical richness that readers have been fascinated ever since. In his illuminating introduction and notes to this new edition of Poe's masterpiece, Richard Kopley reveals hidden layers of meaning involving both Poe's family and biblical prophecy."
Opinion: Not one of Poe's best works but certainly still enjoyable. I've always enjoyed reading Poe's works and as Halloween nears, it's only appropriate to read one of them. There is a lot of adventures in this short novel and Poe's descriptions work like always.
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