Annabel Lee, Edgar Allan Poe
Annabel Lee, Edgar Allan Poe
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Annabel Lee

Author: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrator: Patrick Lawlor

Unabridged: 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/06/2025

Categories: Fiction, Classic, Poetry

Synopsis

Annabel Lee is the last complete poem 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.©2009 Listen & Live Audio, Inc.; (P)2009 Listen & Live Audio, Inc.

About Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American poet, short story writer, editor, and literary critic who is credited with inventing the detective fiction genre and with contributing to the emerging science fiction genre. He began his literary career with the anonymous publication of a collection of his poems entitled Tamerlane and Other Poems. He then turned to writing prose and spent the next several years working for literary journals and periodicals, becoming well known for his particular style of literary criticism. He served for a time on the staff of the New York Mirror, in which his poem "The Raven" was published. Poe's other well-known works include his stories "The Purloined Letter," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," and "The Mystery of Marie Roget."

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Goodreads review by oyshik

Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe This narrative poem is the last complete poem composed by Poe with the theme of the death of a woman the narrator loved. The poem deals with the point of pure love and painful memory. Deep the story with heartfelt words evoked so many feelings and made the poem really w......more

Goodreads review by James

Book Review Edgar Allan Poe is one of my three favorite poets and short story writers. In this poem, Annabel Lee, Poe pontificates on the love between two people, which suffers upon the death of one. Love is powerful. Love can also be dark. All that you'd expect from the mysterious suspen......more

Goodreads review by Nayra.Hassan

كان ذلك قبل سنين عديدة في مملكة تقع على البحر كانت هناك فتاة تعرفونها باسم آنابيل لي؛ وهذه الفتاة لم تعش إلا من أجل أي شيء سوى أن تحبني وأحبها كنت طفلاً وكانت طفلة في هذه المملكة الواقعة على البحر؛ لكننا حبنا أكبر من الحب، أنا وفتاتي آنابيل لي؛ حبّاً جعل ملائكة السماء المقربين ذوي الأجنحة في السماء يطمعون بي و......more

Goodreads review by Bren fall in love with the sea.

The telltale heart is my favorite of Poe's. But this is my favorite poem. I can't even -- I can't even SAY much. It is so breathtakingly haunting, so visceral, so poignant and bewitchingly gorgeous, that anyone who has not read this should out whatever book you're reading down and read it. I have hear......more

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