The Raven

First published in 1845, this narrative poem is spoken by a student or lover who sits at midnight in a chamber, mourning the dead Lenore, when a raven enters and perches on a bust of Pallas. The man questions the bird about relief, reunion, and the afterlife; the raven answers only Nevermore, and the refrain turns from a word to a sentence on his hope. The setting is a single room at night, with the fire, the books, and the purple curtains as the whole stage. The poem is a lyric of grief and omen, not a short story of detection and not a collection of all Poe's verse.

Bound in black moire silk with a gilt on black cover label. Gold lightweight card slipcase embossed with FS logo. Pattern printed black on brown endpapers. Miniature poetry series.