Le avventure di Gordon Pym

by Edgar Allan Poe

Overview

Le avventure di Gordon Pym è l'unico romanzo scritto da Poe ed è considerato un capolavoro che ha fondato il genere dell'horror psicologico. Il protagonista Gordon Pym, che racconta in prima persona la sua storia, è un giovane americano assetato d'avventura che si imbarca di nascosto su una baleniera. Da quel momento si troverà coinvolto in una serie di vicende terribili e fantastiche: ammutinamenti e massacri, tempeste distruttive e naufragi, inaudite sofferenze per la fame e la sete fino a episodi di cannibalismo, incontri con misteriose tribù indigene, fino all'avvistamento della favolosa Antartide. Titolo originale: The narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788809753839
Publisher:	Giunti
Publication date:	05/07/2013
Sold by:	Giunti
Format:	eBook
Pages:	250
File size:	622 KB
Language:	Italian

About the Author

Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was orphaned at the age of three and adopted by a wealthy Virginia family with whom he had a troubled relationship. He excelled in his studies of language and literature at school, and self-published his first book, Tamerlane and Other Poems, in 1827. In 1830, Poe embarked on a career as a writer and began contributing reviews and essays to popular periodicals. He also wrote sketches and short fiction, and in 1833 published his only completed novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. Over the next five years he established himself as a master of the short story form through the publication of "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and other well–known works. In 1841, he wrote "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," generally considered the first modern detective story. The publication of The Raven and Other Poems in 1845 brought him additional fame as a poet.