Annabel Lee is the last complete poem composed by Edgar Allan Poe. Like many of Poe's poems, it explores the theme of the death of a beautiful woman. The narrator, who fell in love with Annabel Lee when they were young, has a love for her so strong that even angels are jealous. He retains his love for her even after her death. There has been debate over who, if anyone, was the inspiration for "Annabel Lee." Though many women have been suggested, Poe's wife Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe is one of the more credible candidates. Written in 1849, it was not published until shortly after Poe's death that same year.
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October 5, 2009 -
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781593165000
- File size: 1528 KB
- Duration: 00:03:10
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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August 31, 1998
The subtly exquisite sky- and seascapes in Tibo's paintings more than compensate for his vacant-featured lovers in this interpretation of the classic poem. All ages. -
September 30, 1987
Tibo's interpretation of Poe's well-known poem portrays a fisherman's son sharing the joys of the coast with a playmate who dies and is borne away by a ghostly schooner. (The book's flaps imply that she was imaginary, although the text and art themselves do not dictate a single, unambiguous reading.) The full-page, airbrush illustrations are strikingly beautiful, full of mood and mystery. They are most powerful in the scenes following Annabel's demise, where they suggest the commingling of loss, loneliness and memory, and where the play of moonlight on the sea and land is truly haunting. Earlier scenes, still appealing, have less emotional impact. The figures in them have mannequin-like faces; and the girl appears fully corporeal, without the aura of otherworldliness that attends the poem and the later illustrations. Ages 12-up.
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