The Raven is a narrative poem it is often noted for musical, stylized, with a supernatural feel. A raven tells of mysterious visit to a distraught lover, tracing the man's slow descent into madness. The lover, is identified as being a student, is grieving the loss of his love, Lenore. On a bust of Pallas, the raven sits, seeming to further aggravate his anguish with its constant repetition of the word "Nevermore."

This anthology gathers over 20 of Poe's groundbreaking tales of the macabre and also includes his trilogy of stories featuring detective C. Auguste Dupin.