Project Gutenberg 2014-04-24 Public domain in the USA. 401 Poe, Edgar Allan 1809 1849 Poe, Edgar Allen Andrew, George T. 1842 Taylor, William Ladd 1854 1926 Taylor, W. L. (William Ladd) The Raven Illustrated Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Raven Project Gutenberg has several editions of this eBook: #45484 (Many Sepia Illustrations) #17192 (Many Black and White Illustrations) #1065 (Plain HTML file with no illustrations Produced by David Widger from page images generously provided by the Internet Archive "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe is a narrative poem written in the 19th century, specifically in the 1840s. This poem is a quintessential piece of Gothic literature that delves into themes of grief, loss, and the supernatural. It captures the dark and melancholic atmosphere common to Poe's works, exploring the mind of a man mourning the loss of his beloved Lenore. The poem unfolds in a dimly lit room where the speaker, engulfed in sorrow for Lenore, experiences a mysterious visitation by a raven. This raven, embodying a spectral presence, speaks the single word “Nevermore,” which becomes a haunting refrain throughout the poem. As the speaker converses with the bird, he grapples with his despair and questions about life after death, love, and hope, ultimately realizing that the raven's message signifies the permanence of his grief. The interplay of the speaker's emotions and the ominous presence of the raven creates a sense of inevitable doom, emphasizing the inescapable nature of despair and the haunting memories of lost love. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 62.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Ravens -- Poetry Fantasy poetry, American PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry Browsing: Fiction Category: Poetry Category: American Literature 47639 2025-06-18T12:33:00.216285 text/html 24884 2024-10-24T06:21:49 text/html 6777443 2025-06-18T12:33:07.238247 application/epub+zip 6769121 2025-06-18T12:33:02.795352 application/epub+zip 78307 2025-06-18T12:33:01.056276 application/epub+zip 6831842 2025-06-18T12:33:10.256249 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 6830120 2025-06-18T12:33:05.552281 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 122738 2022-09-20T18:13:37.945562 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 30073 2025-06-18T12:32:59.661287 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 29944 2016-10-06T07:17:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17846 2025-06-18T12:33:10.435221 application/rdf+xml 10631 2025-06-18T12:33:01.634277 image/jpeg 2849 2025-06-18T12:33:01.341269 image/jpeg 6684470 2025-06-18T12:33:00.341277 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia