The Stories of Edgar Allan Poe is a gathering of the most famous of Poe's writings which includes: The Tell Tale Heat, The Cask of Amontillado, The Masque of the Red Death, and more.

Manga Classics: The Stories of Edgar Allan Poe: The Stories of Edgar Allan Poe

Briar's Reviews

Manga adaptations of classic works is one of my favourite things in the book universe. Being able to see a story in a different way is always such a great experience. 

I love Edgar Allan Poe, so I figured this was an excellent choice for me. I would highly recommend educators picking up books like these and give them to their students. Having an option to see the story as well as pick them apart would be a great way to learn!

This book includes a little bio of Edgar, who is quite the interesting soul if you didn't know about him. His spooky tales seemed to be inspired by his tragic life. There's also more than a few classics scattered throughout this anthology of manga/stories: The Raven, The Tell Tale Heart, The Cask of Amontillado, The Fall of the House of Usher, and Mask of the Red Death

The pictures are haunting (in a good way). The black and white colour scheme fits well with Poe's tales. They are dark, spooky and weird. The style fits really well, which is just an added bonus to seeing the story.

Four out of five stars.

Thank you to NetGalley and Udon Entertainment for providing me a copy of this book in exchange of an honest review.

I have received an e-ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This is an interesting take on classics of horror. 
I'm a huge fan of Edgar Allan Poe's works so I was really curious about this manga. And honestly, I liked what I read. Some of the stories translated really well into the art form. I'm not a huge manga reader so I can not say this with certainty but I think people who like manga might like these adaptations.

The stories featured and their ratings:

The Tell-Tale Heart - 4/5
The Cask of Amontillado - 3/5
The Raven -4/5
The Masque of Red Death -4.5/5
The Fall of the House of Usher - 5/5