The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe read by Sir Christopher Lee

Music: Nox Arcana - Lenore, The Raven, Nevermore
A great poem from the master of terror Edgar Allan Poe read by the master of theater Christopher Lee with music inspired by Poe. Illustrations by Paul Gustave Doré.

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  • @saulofontoura
    @saulofontoura11 жыл бұрын

    As a non-native speaker of the English language, I am afraid I have no other way to better express my feelings towards this video than saying it is fucking amazing and that Cristopher Lee rocks.

  • @georget5874
    @georget58746 жыл бұрын

    What an amazing combination, 2 geniuses Edgar Allan Poe and Christopher Lee

  • @lamascararota666
    @lamascararota6669 жыл бұрын

    True legends never die. Sir Christopher Lee will live forever as a man who gave life to countless characters, but most important as a great man himself. One (if not THE) greatest men in cinema history.

  • @jellyfish3333
    @jellyfish333310 жыл бұрын

    This is my favorite recitation of "The Raven" of all those found on this site and others. It just sounds right with a British accent, especially when recited by the great Christopher Lee.

  • @wolfganghendery8298
    @wolfganghendery82985 жыл бұрын

    Kudos to whomever edited this masterpiece. Glory to the poet, the reader, and the composer.

  • @maxbeale8186
    @maxbeale81862 жыл бұрын

    Sir Christopher reads this with such amazing diction, it sends chills down my spine

  • @wolfganghendery8298
    @wolfganghendery82985 жыл бұрын

    The most eldritch and potent reading of the poem. Wonderful.

  • @FIONA21ful
    @FIONA21ful9 жыл бұрын

    Beautifully read, he was , and will remain, a legend.

  • @padmkumar1

    @padmkumar1

    9 жыл бұрын

    Gd

  • @Picdo
    @Picdo9 жыл бұрын

    Great Voice, great actor and great man reading a great poem. R.I.P. Sir Christopher Lee

  • @cheeseweasel69
    @cheeseweasel6910 жыл бұрын

    Great poem but wow what a reading. Chris lee, what a voice! I feel it really added tot the story as a whole; exactly what a narrator should do. Very impressed all round.

  • @Edgaros
    @Edgaros10 жыл бұрын

    This is the best performance in YT by far...

  • @tinysugardoll
    @tinysugardoll9 жыл бұрын

    Rest in Peace, Sir Christopher Lee. The world has lost a legend.

  • @gothaminantisankari
    @gothaminantisankari3 жыл бұрын

    This is still the heaviest poem on this planet 🤘🏻 Love it

  • @DJYoue
    @DJYoue9 жыл бұрын

    I want to learn this poem though I know I will never be able to tell it with as much spine chilling feeling as the legend that is Christopher Lee!

  • @gailjacquelinemrsgray3431
    @gailjacquelinemrsgray34318 жыл бұрын

    I share this with Christopher as I also love the poem called The Raven, he speaks with passion and understanding.

  • @Otakultimate
    @Otakultimate8 жыл бұрын

    Two great men who were greater than their time, the likes of which we will never see again. Edgar Allan Poe and Sir Christopher Lee, we were unworthy and you still graced us with your short time on this earth.

  • @Secondbloodbrother
    @Secondbloodbrother10 жыл бұрын

    absolutely breath-taking ! He is the real master of this poem.

  • @lorenzobruzzone61
    @lorenzobruzzone616 жыл бұрын

    ... It just left me speechless. His interpretation really puts you into the story. You feel like you're actually living it!

  • @necroturky
    @necroturky10 жыл бұрын

    WOW! From Christropher Lee to the music. It all fit just right!!

  • @CSRaeburn
    @CSRaeburn10 жыл бұрын

    This poem always made me laugh. At its most basic, it's about a guy trying to get a raven out of his bedroom. That's part of the reason I always loved Poe :)

  • @ihear2paceverywhere

    @ihear2paceverywhere

    9 жыл бұрын

    Tell me you're joking right?? I mean surely, you must be joking? :/

  • @vasileiostopouzis611

    @vasileiostopouzis611

    9 жыл бұрын

    ihear2paceverywhere Trolling for sure

  • @jimmylopez433

    @jimmylopez433

    9 жыл бұрын

    Lololol

  • @Berachiel

    @Berachiel

    9 жыл бұрын

    ihear2paceverywhere Well... At it's basic shallow meaning, he is right. But to us that actually enjoy the writing of Poe, it has a deeper meaning and is truly a workof art.

  • @666or999

    @666or999

    9 жыл бұрын

    ihear2paceverywhere No he is not joking. Instead he made a very humorous point.

  • @Edgaros
    @Edgaros9 жыл бұрын

    R.I.P. you legend! Unfortunately we will see you nevermore. I bet you had a very interesting life...

  • @AntiEverything00

    @AntiEverything00

    7 жыл бұрын

    Alexey poe was as miserable as a man can be , a horrible life of misfortune and bad luck, he was finally put out of his misery by a bite from a rabid dog , he was found dead in a gutter .

  • @Edgaros

    @Edgaros

    7 жыл бұрын

    Actually I was referring to Christofer Lee. The comment was written a few days after he passed away.

  • @aroucaman100
    @aroucaman1009 жыл бұрын

    classy ..real classy.....love it!!!

  • @davidefassola5951
    @davidefassola59518 жыл бұрын

    Happy birthday, Mr. Poe. 207 years: 19 january 1809-19 january 2016 "That the play is the tragedy, "Man", And its hero the Conqueror Worm"

  • @gnikcohs
    @gnikcohs11 жыл бұрын

    Magnificent reading: somber and resonant, and vividly recreating the wild darkness and all powerful psychic forces of Poe's great and singular poem.

  • @JenLuin
    @JenLuin11 жыл бұрын

    Amazing video and amazing preformence by Sir Christopher Lee!

  • @lilt1397
    @lilt139711 жыл бұрын

    My ever growing love for the moving poems of Edgar..Allen..Poe. but this one in itself has made me rethink the thought of all that will remain nevermore. The sorrow for my lost Lenore is as real to me as the feeling of the Lenore for Poe. I have a stilled beating heart that's has been taken away with all that is nevermore.

  • @fireblyss
    @fireblyss11 жыл бұрын

    Memorized since I was 10 years old. Love EAP.

  • @GamingSuccub
    @GamingSuccub9 жыл бұрын

    The Raven is a classic short tale of horror from Poe, also combined with the deep, narrating voice of Christopher Lee?! So epic. I should download this to my iPhone. :3

  • @rainbowstalin4115

    @rainbowstalin4115

    9 жыл бұрын

    MiyuChan It's not an horror tale (I wouldn't say it's "horror" even if it was a tale), it's a poem that best depicts Poe's addition to the romanticist movement. The bird comes from his own interior, it's his soul. The answer to if he will ever see his loved Leonor again doesn't come from reason but from himself. And the answer is a nihilistic and terrible "nevermore".

  • @rodrigogbahia

    @rodrigogbahia

    9 жыл бұрын

    Rainbow Stalin Interesting, even if it comes from "his soul" and not from reason, I would say it comes from the tormented soul of a rational man, who tries to convince himself otherwise, but understands (in pain) there is no religious relief for our losses in the material world. Things/people are taken aways from us - for evermore. Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn, It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore. (...) Quoth the Raven, “Nevermore.”

  • @BrentRJones
    @BrentRJones11 жыл бұрын

    Great reading by a great actor.

  • @kujbitomika
    @kujbitomika11 жыл бұрын

    excellent, mesmerizing! I've been listening/watching for hours. Will I be ever able to stop it?

  • @jackredrum5941
    @jackredrum594110 жыл бұрын

    Read by Dracula, Saruman, Count Dooku

  • @180dagger

    @180dagger

    10 жыл бұрын

    still might not compare

  • @reallyryan_
    @reallyryan_9 жыл бұрын

    I had a dream about this last night it kept me awake for quite some time then today I actually saw a raven outside my window sitting on the ledge gave me chills.

  • @privdexx2071

    @privdexx2071

    9 жыл бұрын

    " never more "

  • @thepainefultruth
    @thepainefultruth2 жыл бұрын

    Yes, it is THE best presentation.

  • @-thecountcooks733
    @-thecountcooks7333 жыл бұрын

    The BEST SPOKEN OXFORD ENGLISH By Sir Christopher Lee! The Correct & Only Way To Spoken EnglishWhich Possibly Could Only Be Match By His Esteem Colleague & Also Brilliant Actor PETER CUSHING!!

  • @robsantiago1858
    @robsantiago18588 жыл бұрын

    This is a fantastic interpretation.

  • @JuzefaWingedCat
    @JuzefaWingedCat10 жыл бұрын

    Duuuude...who would had thought that poetry could be freekin scary!

  • @denisem.3175
    @denisem.31759 жыл бұрын

    a voz de Christopher Lee é como o corvo que entra pelos portais desta casa dos devaneios de Poe...não há como ignorar...simplesmente linda...

  • @anselmareich3549
    @anselmareich35498 жыл бұрын

    This poem is even creepier with the pictures and music...O_O

  • @TheFalzox
    @TheFalzox10 жыл бұрын

    My god his delivery is fantastic.

  • @frijou
    @frijou11 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely brilliant! Such powerful recitation.

  • @theitalianalien8477
    @theitalianalien8477 Жыл бұрын

    Better than the other version. This video truly made me obsessed with this poem.

  • @gailjacquelinemrsgray2507
    @gailjacquelinemrsgray25077 жыл бұрын

    Awesome Christopher.

  • @MyKC99
    @MyKC998 жыл бұрын

    this story all of sudden makes me an High ranked english knight heads up with confidence on his horse galloping over a hill as the sunset and the birds flies away from the howling wolves ....

  • @avegasm
    @avegasm11 жыл бұрын

    Perfect music...haunting... Love it!

  • @manojkrishna8839
    @manojkrishna883911 жыл бұрын

    This is the best recital.

  • @venonatkiller
    @venonatkiller10 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful, amazing etc

  • @ivannichea962
    @ivannichea96210 жыл бұрын

    from Argentina... thanks you for share this!

  • @iampingthepenguin
    @iampingthepenguin9 жыл бұрын

    RIP Sir Lee :(

  • @DucatiQueen
    @DucatiQueen11 жыл бұрын

    Epic dialog by a true immortal legend . I will,forever worship him, hell , I grew up with him, staying way up pastam bedtime....

  • @Roll5Over
    @Roll5Over11 жыл бұрын

    Campusservant, THANK YOU. Fantastic arrangement!

  • @gergelybrandt5279
    @gergelybrandt52799 жыл бұрын

    Rest In Peace, and may the raven be with you now...

  • @stevepates9842
    @stevepates984210 жыл бұрын

    Such a good narrator for that excellent poem... Love it..

  • @marsist92
    @marsist9211 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant performance. Greatest Actor.

  • @PROSTR01
    @PROSTR0111 жыл бұрын

    that was so awesome i just want to listen to it over and over!!

  • @waterdrop555
    @waterdrop55510 жыл бұрын

    the voice is so cool. especially for "The Raven".

  • @marsist92
    @marsist9211 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, campusservant, for this beautifully made video, amazing work!

  • @thesillysuperkid
    @thesillysuperkid11 жыл бұрын

    Christopher lee has a brilliant voice. It suits this to a tee!

  • @123must
    @123must10 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful lecture ! Thanks a lot

  • @1985xabi
    @1985xabi9 жыл бұрын

    Goosebumps...

  • @aliciagregoire9971
    @aliciagregoire997110 жыл бұрын

    Christopher Lee is an epic and deep narrator.

  • @ravenscar21158
    @ravenscar2115810 жыл бұрын

    Perfect!

  • @MrZombie999
    @MrZombie9993 жыл бұрын

    awesome!

  • @bratrat
    @bratrat12 жыл бұрын

    Legendary poem, read by a legendary actor. I raise my coffee to you, campusservant...well done!

  • @DraculaVladTepes
    @DraculaVladTepes6 жыл бұрын

    Magnificent

  • @TheSarahBlake
    @TheSarahBlake10 жыл бұрын

    the voice is so beautiful

  • @PlagueAngel18
    @PlagueAngel1811 жыл бұрын

    so perfect

  • @AudioRacconti
    @AudioRacconti9 жыл бұрын

    Buonanotte. Nelle cuffie Christopher Lee che legge Edgar Allan Poe. Solo questo e nulla più.

  • @EowynLis
    @EowynLis12 жыл бұрын

    amazing!!!! well done!

  • @foughtthelol
    @foughtthelol10 жыл бұрын

    Terrific performance.

  • @Cookie-Thief
    @Cookie-Thief10 жыл бұрын

    Oh duuuude this is epic x___x

  • @joshuareyes210
    @joshuareyes21011 жыл бұрын

    The last stanza is so chilling.

  • @TwinkTwinz
    @TwinkTwinz9 жыл бұрын

    I love his voice ( and this poem)

  • @Jorle
    @Jorle10 жыл бұрын

    Goosebumps. 'Nuff said.

  • @DarkeningSkies1
    @DarkeningSkies110 жыл бұрын

    There are many excellent readings of this, of course, but Sir Christopher's is my favorite. Happy Halloween!

  • @TheSlimtweek
    @TheSlimtweek11 жыл бұрын

    it's a draw for me. i like price's version, but i also like sir Christopher's voice as well. it's mesmerizing..................almost hypnotic

  • @kotapainting
    @kotapainting9 жыл бұрын

    Superb

  • @fensonlin
    @fensonlin10 жыл бұрын

    Just awsome, i have to rememberize this poem for school. perfect example

  • @christianwang9419

    @christianwang9419

    10 жыл бұрын

    You didn't spell remember correctly.

  • @javidh2984

    @javidh2984

    10 жыл бұрын

    I think he means 'memorise'.

  • @HattieLovesCattie
    @HattieLovesCattie11 жыл бұрын

    I was in Baltimore last week and saw Poe's grave.He is also buried with his beloved wife and MIL.

  • @MrLegitimacyMode
    @MrLegitimacyMode12 жыл бұрын

    A great poem, read by an admirable actor with some voice that can guide your soul pretty much, a result we all have to respect. Very well done ,sir . I applaud for the effort submited ^_^

  • @mellyunknown212
    @mellyunknown21210 жыл бұрын

    I love this poem with "my burning soul"

  • @Savik90Zenit
    @Savik90Zenit10 жыл бұрын

    awesome.got no words to describe my impressions.Thx for that genious reading from Russia

  • @aridchimp
    @aridchimp11 жыл бұрын

    He was obsessed and afraid of death and nothingness. To me, that makes him a truly honest person.

  • @romanvelezhunter
    @romanvelezhunter11 жыл бұрын

    powerfully read, slow paced but good, as good as vincent price and basil rathbone. {GREAT JOB}

  • @EgyptianSpaceDog
    @EgyptianSpaceDog8 жыл бұрын

    I prefer this over the newer version Christopher did :)

  • @vigorlilover
    @vigorlilover10 жыл бұрын

    This totally freaked me out. Great job on this :)

  • @mikejandrews
    @mikejandrews10 жыл бұрын

    Christopher Lee is a legend. His voice, his acting, his presence: amazing. I feel, though, that the music here hinders the enjoyment of the story itself.

  • @nicholasrowe6322
    @nicholasrowe632210 жыл бұрын

    my brother came up to me after this in an evil sort of hood with a sword. it scarred the heck out of me

  • @paulboothman1
    @paulboothman111 жыл бұрын

    I certainly agree with you my good friend . . In my respectful opinion, Vincent Price recites this great, "powerful" n well written poem amazingly well n so much more effectively than Christopher Lee, yet the two of them perform the task extraordinarily brilliant . . God bless n keep them both :)

  • @LeriObba
    @LeriObba11 жыл бұрын

    Never heard him speak... might look into that. He IS my favorite author.

  • @mrknight218
    @mrknight21810 жыл бұрын

    This poem is the best and the onil one i like.

  • @alexti2010
    @alexti201010 жыл бұрын

    Insane.

  • @terryvenicombe1946
    @terryvenicombe19469 жыл бұрын

    Wow, I've heard The Raven recited by both Boris Karloff and Vincent Price but Christopher Lee is fantastic !

  • @AlixAnime
    @AlixAnime10 жыл бұрын

    i want this to be read be morgan freeman o.o

  • @AlixAnime

    @AlixAnime

    10 жыл бұрын

    by*

  • @RB_RivalBattle
    @RB_RivalBattle2 жыл бұрын

    This is my BEST reading

  • @RB_RivalBattle

    @RB_RivalBattle

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ever!

  • @BWpunisherGT1
    @BWpunisherGT110 жыл бұрын

    Nevermore....dat feel

  • @deathhorse3815
    @deathhorse38159 жыл бұрын

    A great poem read my Christopher Lee aka Count Dracula

  • @rancerichardson1659
    @rancerichardson16598 жыл бұрын

    That hit hella deep

  • @ameliamo7450
    @ameliamo745010 жыл бұрын

    This will be perfect for Halloween.

  • @kristophertatum5063
    @kristophertatum50639 жыл бұрын

    Bars 🔥🔥🔥

  • @Bubblyevv
    @Bubblyevv10 жыл бұрын

    This really helps me for my English assignment (: