The narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
By: Edgar Allan Poe ; edited with an introduction and notes by Richard Kopley.
Contributors: Kopley, Richard.
Series: Penguin classics
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
Subjects: Whaling ships -- Fiction; Young men -- Fiction; Stowaways -- Fiction; Mutiny -- Fiction; Nantucket Island (Mass.) -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "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 sea borne labyrinth; a corpse-ridden ghost ship, gigantic polar bears, and uncharted islands peopled by barbarian hordes."--BOOK JACKET.

"It was Poe's unique genius, however, that imbued this Gothic adventure tale with such allegorical richness that readers have been fascinated ever since."--BOOK JACKET. "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."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. xxxi-xxxvi).