Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym and Other Tales

The only novel completed by the master of the short-story form, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym relates the rollicking adventures of a boy from Nantucket as he boards a succession of ships and travels in the farthest regions of the southern hemisphere. On the way, he experiences the hardships and dangers of life at sea, surviving a violent storm, stowing away on a whaling ship and being reduced to the most extreme measures by hunger. The result is a yarn as thrilling as any of Poe"s horror stories.



Alongside Pym"s exploits, this collection includes many celebrated tales, such as "The Cask of Amontillado", "The Gold Bug" and "Hop-Frog", as well as Poe"s second, unfinished novel, The Journal of Julius Rodman, all of which bear witness to the narrative genius of one of America"s greatest storytellers.