Manga Classics: The Stories of Edgar Allan Poe

 Manga Classics: The Stories of Edgar Allan Poe

Reviewed By  Janet Mawdesley       March 25, 2024

 

Author  Stacey King

Distributor:      Amazon
ISBN:                 978-1772940213
Publisher:         UDON Entertainment
Release Date:   2017  

Website:    https://www.amazon.com/Stories-Edgar-Allan-Poe-Classics/dp/1772940216 

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The Japanese art form of Manga has captured the literary world with its unique style especially in the series Manga Classics which have taken Classic literature and created a very imaginative and fresh presentation bringing time old stories to a new generation of readers.

Manga is a Japanese word meaning both comic and graphic novels and the rich stories of Edgar Allen Poe lend themselves well to this style of presentation.

 Poe, a man noted for his somewhat macabre style of writing wrapped around murder and mayhem, achieved world fame in literature for his famous poem The Raven, which is one of the four pieces adapted as part of Manga Classics; the Stories of Edgar Allen Poe, the other three the well known The Tell Tale Heart, The Cask of Amontillado, The Fall of the House of Usher and The Masque of the Red Death.

Each of the stories have faithful representation to the styles and fashions of the day presented in rich, bold colour with the narrative adapted by Stacy King. Different artists create the very descriptive artwork, which compliments the storyline.

True to the Japanese style of reading, the book is to be read from the back, right to left and top to bottom, which makes this an almost impossible task for an e-book. Do yourself a real favour and go out and by a copy of this beautiful book.

As these stories, told Manga style, can also be used in classrooms, teacher notes have been included as well as a short synopsis of the stories and a brief Biography of Edgar Allan Poe.

Although the book is aimed at students, anyone who enjoys classic literature, comic or graphic novels regardless of age, will enjoy the murder, madness, love and mystery captured with a deep and very real sense of emotion, courtesy of Edgar Allen Poe, a man who really did understand madness and murder.

Non Fiction