Illustration for Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven. Artist: Gustave Doré (French, 1832-1883). Date: drawings c. 1882-1883; published 1884. Medium: illustrated book with wood engravings; Harper & Brothers, New York. No copyright infringement is intended. This content is shared solely for purposes of appreciation, commentary, education, archival, and other non-commercial uses, under the protection of fair use. All moral and patrimonial rights remain with the original creator mentioned above.

And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
Thrilled me—filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before…

#Illustration #TheRaven #EdgarAllanPoe #booksky #DarkTales #Horror #GothicLit #Nevermore #MacabreBeauty #PoeForever #HauntingWords #DarkAesthetic #ClassicHorror

Almost any sentence from chapter 6 of Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym would make a great epigraph because they altogether make no sense, no sense at all. #PoeForever