"The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe (read by Tom O'Bedlam)

The Raven was first published in 1845.  I did a version earlier with a desktop microphone and lower sampling rate  Having listened to it again lately I thought it so poor that I decided to do it again.  Here's more information of the poem:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Raven

Most presentations of The Raven are theatrical with added spooky sound effects, echo, reverberation and compression.  This isn't a big budget studio production - it's a plain recording with nothing changed:  there's no echo, no reverb, no compression and no sound effects - about an hour's work.

The best reading in my opinion is Garrison Keillor:
The Raven By Edgar Allen Poe As Read ...

For something more theatrical, here's Vincent Price (looking disconcertingly like Bruce Forsythe):
The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe read by ...

James Earl Jones' reading gets the most hits
The Raven read by James Earl Jones

And here's Christopher Walken:
Edgar Allan Poe: The Raven (Narrated ...

The first illustration is by Gustav Dore.

The second is by  John Tenniel - who also illustrated the original Alice in Wonderland.

Here's a link to a parody, which isn't much more over-the-top than the original:
http://www.enformy.com/dma-raven.htm

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