A grieving lover, visited at midnight by a black bird that answers only 'Nevermore,' sinks toward madness.
Books that mention The Raven (6)
Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy: “…of them all, "in her little white frock, and shoes, and pink sash"; how she recited "Excelsior," "There was a sound of revelry by night," and "The Raven"; how during the delivery she would knit her little brows and glare round tragically, and say to the empty air, as if some real creature…”
Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence: “The lady—Mrs. Dawes—it ought to be Mrs. The Raven that quothed 'Nevermore.'”
Carrie by Stephen King: “A bust of Pallas, used in some ancient dramatic version of Poe's "The Raven," stared at Billy with blind, floating eyes from atop a rusting bedspring.”
On Literature by Umberto Eco: “analyzed via Poe's Philosophy of Composition”