Edgar Allan Poe is famed for his unsettling short stories , but he also wrote a full-length novel, his only one: The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket . Framed as the recollections of an adventurous stowaway, Pym begins as a swashbuckling adventure novel, and after growing increasingly weirder, ends on a surreal note worthy of the best of Poe''s short stories. Despite Poe himself calling it a "a very silly book," Pym went on to become one of his most-translated and influential works, coloring the themes of future adventure and weird fiction writers like Jules Verne and H. P. Lovecraft . It continues to influence writers to this day. Edgar Allan Poe (died 1849) was a celebrated writer of the Romantic era. Their work has endured across generations and continues to be read and studied worldwide. Adventure literature of the 19th and early 20th centuries captured the imagination of a reading public hungry for tales of exploration, danger, and heroism. The Narrative Of Arthur Gordon Pym Of Nantucket belongs to this tradition of gripping narratives that transported readers beyond the boundaries of their everyday lives.