The Raven

A fresh selection of Edgar Allan Poe's poetry and short stories, gathered in an irresistible Little Clothbound Classics edition designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith. A lovely way to revisit one of literature’s great originals, or discover his work for the first time.

Uncanny, strange and brilliantly unsettling, Poe's writing defied convention, shocked readers and confounded critics. Across these poems and tales, he explores the darkest corners of the mind with astonishing imagination and control.

The title poem, The Raven, remains his most famous work: a haunting portrait of grief and a terrifying slide into madness, set in one bleak December night after the loss of a lover and the arrival of an unexpected visitor.