/lit/ - Literature

read it and find out, /lit/

>>7203161
I wanna purchase it and then read it. So tell me if it's good or mediocre.

>>7203200
Haven't you read anything by Poe? At all?

>>7203200
>>7203140
The edition or Poe's work? The edition is, in my opinion, absolutely hideous and I'd recommend another publisher, but the text itself is fine I guess. As for Poe, he's a writer for children, a fine and essential entryway into proper literature, but also entertaining and expressively-vivid in his stories and his poetry often accomplishes what he believed the prime quality of verse to be: music (songs). They aren't much more than that, though---and plenty aren't even that!---but hey, I can recite To Helen to this day.

>>7203200
read some of his tales and poems online and then purchase it if you like it. is this difficult for you?

>>7203211
Maybe anon wants the full experience.

>>7203207
No.

>>7203208
Poe's work were printed in magazines a really long time ago. Well, the pic related edition or book is definately worth a shelf.

>>7203250
>Poe's work were printed in magazines a really long time ago.

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>>7203208
>The edition or Poe's work? The edition is, in my opinion, absolutely hideous and I'd recommend another publisher
That sentence is absolutely hideous and misleading.

>>7203254
Holy shit how retarded are you?

>>7203261
Sorry you like B&N Collector Editions, anon.

>>7203269
It's the best by far.

>>7203268
You misunderstand. My ellipsis was to indicate how unnecessary it was to mention that fact. I think we're all quite aware of the era Poe published in and in what format short stories were released.

>>7203272
>liking B&N classics

>>7203292
>liking some other edition

>>7203276
You're the man.

So according to /lit/, which edition is the best?

>>7203208
>other edition
Any rec.?

>>7203341
define best

>>7203208
>other publisher
Any rec.?

>>7203348
Acoording to Merriam-Webster Dictionary best mean;
1 : excelling all others <the best student> 2 : most productive of good : offering or producing the greatest advantage, utility, or satisfaction <what is the best thing to do>
3 : most, largest <it rained for the best part of their vacation> superlative of good

Examples:
You should wear your best clothes tonight.
He took us to the (very) best restaurants in the city.
We ate the best food and drank the best wines.

So, tell me.

>>7203357
define excelling, and productive,, and greatest, and advantage, and utility, and satisfaction please

>>7203428

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>>7203208
>he's a writer for children,
No. Unless you count the 13 year old cousin he married.

>>7203428
define define

>>7203140
The Raven and The Masque of the Red Death will always be GOAT