![]() ![]() Poe’s muse, Lenore, comes to life just as he’s preparing to leave for university. Oh, and everyone can see the muse as they move about freely, and they’re not exactly looked highly upon by society. And while the muse is a source of inspiration to the artist, they also require creative sustenance to survive. In this YA novel, whose title references Poe’s best-known work, the poem “The Raven,” an artist’s muse can spring forth from their imagination as a physical manifestation. The Raven’s Tale takes these facts about Poe’s life and weaves a story about the author at 17 as he struggles with his disapproving “Pa,” his intense first year in college, and his inner conflict with his muse. While his foster father, John Allan, a successful tobacco merchant, wanted him to follow in his footsteps in business, young Edgar longed instead to be a writer. ![]() But before the orphaned Poe became a household name and pop culture icon, he spent his early life as a ward of the Allans, an affluent Virginian family. ![]() Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most famous and influential writers of our time, thanks to his numerous tales of the macabre. ![]()
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