基本信息出版社：Penguin Classics
页码：288 页
出版日期：1999年06月
ISBN：0140437487
条形码：9780140437485
版本：New
装帧：平装
正文语种：英语
丛书名：Penguin Classics
外文书名：阿戈皮姆的故事

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The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket is Poe's only novel and his "greatest work" (Jorge Luis Borges).

Reading a newspaper account in 1836 of a shipwreck and subsequent rescue of two men on board, Edgar Allan Poe found the germ of the story he would develop into The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket--his classic gothic sea novel. Published in 1838, this rousing sea adventure follows a New England boy, Pym, who stows away on a whaling ship with its captain's son, Augustus. The two boys, who find themselves repeatedly on the brink of discovery or death, witness many hair-raising events, including mutiny, savagery, cannibalism, and frantic pursuits. It was Poe's unique genius, however, that he imbued the deliberately popular tale with such allegorical richness that discerning readers have been intrigued ever since and his literary successors have employed his motifs. With its rich use of biblical imagery and psychological insights, Poe's masterpiece has resonated throughout subsequent literary history, influencing major works by Melville, Verne, James, Nabokov, and others.
作者简介 Jeffrey Meyers, a distinguished biographer, is the author of Edgar Allan Poe, D. H. Lawrence, and Joseph Conrad, among others. He lives in Berkeley, California. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
媒体推荐 Review
?It is Poe?s greatest work.??Jorge Luis Borges --This text refers to the Paperback edition.


编辑推荐 Review
?It is Poe?s greatest work.??Jorge Luis Borges --This text refers to the Paperback edition.