The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket and An Antarctic Mystery

by Edgar Allan Poe, Jules Verne

Genres: General Fiction; Literary Fiction

Synopsis

Edgar Allan Poe’s The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket is the story of young Arthur Gordon Pym who, yearning for adventure, stows away on the whaler Grampus. Beset by troubles including mutiny, shipwreck, and cannibals, Pym is rescued by the crew of the Jane Guy and continues his adventures as the ship heads further south.

Eleven years later, Jules Verne’s An Antarctic Mystery picks up the trail of Pym and his fellow shipmates, taking readers to the very edge of the world, where the mystery of Arthur Gordon Pym’s fate is eventually revealed.

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Release date: May 15, 2012

Publisher: HarperPerennial Classics

Print pages: 371