The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe read by Sir Christopher Lee

[@saulofontoura]

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.

[@lamascararota666]

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.

[@georget5874]

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

[@maxbeale8186]

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

[@wolfganghendery8298]

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

[@jellyfish3333]

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.

[@Picdo]

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

[@FIONA21ful]

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

[@padmkumar1]

Gd

[@CSRaeburn]

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]

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

[@vasileiostopouzis611]

ihear2paceverywhere Trolling for sure

[@jimmylopez433]

Lololol

[@Berachiel]

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]

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

[@cheeseweasel69]

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.

[@Otakultimate]

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.

[@wolfganghendery8298]

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

[@lorenzobruzzone61]

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

[@Secondbloodbrother]

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

[@necroturky]

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

[@DJYoue]

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]

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

[@Edgaros]

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

[@AntiEverything00]

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]

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

[@Edgaros]

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

[@fireblyss]

Memorized since I was 10 years old. Love EAP.

[@gothaminantisankari]

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

[@thepainefultruth]

Yes, it is THE best presentation.

[@tinysugardoll]

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

[@lilt1397]

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.

[@GamingSuccub]

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]

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]

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.”

[@TheFalzox]

My god his delivery is fantastic.

[@gnikcohs]

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

[@JenLuin]

Amazing video and amazing preformence by Sir Christopher Lee!

[@BrentRJones]

Great reading by a great actor.

[@1985xabi]

Goosebumps...

[@parsimoniousdialog]

The be ginning inning!! "Sir Ender..."

[@reallyryan_]

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]

" never more "

[@manojkrishna8839]

This is the best recital.

[@-thecountcooks733]

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!!

[@aroucaman100]

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

[@kujbitomika]

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

[@davidefassola5951]

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"

[@JuzefaWingedCat]

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

[@frijou]

Absolutely brilliant! Such powerful recitation.

[@denisem.3175]

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...

[@carrioncrow13]

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

[@gailjacquelinemrsgray2507]

Awesome Christopher.

[@lamascararota666]

With all respect to Vincent Price I personally think Christopher Lee has the best male voice of all time. But it is just a personal opinion.

[@robsantiago1858]

This is a fantastic interpretation.

[@Cookie-Thief]

Oh duuuude this is epic x___x

[@theitalianalien8477]

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

[@marsist92]

Brilliant performance. Greatest Actor.

[@aliciagregoire9971]

Christopher Lee is an epic and deep narrator.

[@stevepates9842]

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

[@bratrat]

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

[@waterdrop555]

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

[@RB_RivalBattle]

This is my BEST reading

[@RB_RivalBattle]

Ever!

[@Roll5Over]

Campusservant, THANK YOU. Fantastic arrangement!

[@paulboothman1]

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 :)

[@venonatkiller]

Wonderful, amazing etc

[@thesillysuperkid]

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

[@ivannichea962]

from Argentina... thanks you for share this!

[@DucatiQueen]

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

[@lamascararota666]

Thank you and the others for the comments

[@PROSTR01]

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

[@MyKC99]

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 ....

[@TheSlimtweek]

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

[@MrLegitimacyMode]

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 ^_^

[@Jorle]

Goosebumps. 'Nuff said.

[@fensonlin]

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

[@christianwang9419]

You didn't spell remember correctly.

[@javidh2984]

I think he means 'memorise'.

[@joshuareyes210]

The last stanza is so chilling.

[@iampingthepenguin]

RIP Sir Lee :(

[@mikejandrews]

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.

[@Savik90Zenit]

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

[@aridchimp]

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

[@gergelybrandt5279]

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

[@TwinkTwinz]

I love his voice ( and this poem)

[@DarkeningSkies1]

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

[@EowynLis]

amazing!!!! well done!

[@DraculaVladTepes]

Magnificent

[@foughtthelol]

Terrific performance.

[@ravenscar21158]

Perfect!

[@123must]

Wonderful lecture ! Thanks a lot

[@LeriObba]

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

[@marsist92]

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

[@MrZombie999]

awesome!

[@CoffeePoints]

Lisa, that wasn't scary, not even for a school book!

[@180dagger]

its not outright scary but it gives me chills anyways

[@gorymasher2387]

Virgil Reed Its all about being able to appreciate it from the time it was created. Like you I find this very brilliant and spooky.

[@peleking352]

well its was written in the 1800's maybe it was easier to scare people back then.

[@melkiorwiseman5234]

It was never intended to be scary. It was intended to be dark and sad.

[@alexti2010]

Insane.

[@TheSarahBlake]

the voice is so beautiful

[@dishproduction]

you have no right to put unwanted advertisement that stops the flow of Edgar, all appreciation for your upload just went to waste, an ad in the middle of this masterpiece is simply not acceptable...

[@lamascararota666]

I did not put the advertisements in it. Honestly I didn't even know that you could turn them off. I agree with you, they are annoying and break the flow of the video, so I just turned them off

[@dishproduction]

@@lamascararota666 love you for this....thank you so much ...

[@romanvelezhunter]

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

[@kotapainting]

Superb

[@joshklenner1799]

Quite honestly I fail to see the profoundness of this story. Yes the rhyme scheme is exceptional and Poe's ability to assert emotion through a story is unmatched, but in my opinion the plot in this particular poem was very inconsequential. If there is someone out there who disagrees, I implore you to prove your point to me. p.s christopher lee is a badass

[@VIPHighlander]

Hi; I agree completely; ultimately the story is simply- Man laments dead girlfriend, man meets bird, man talks to bird, man goes mad. But I've found its simplicity very profound in itself. There is practically nothing there, but it provides the exact setting and structure to appease the rational side of a reader's mind so that the emotive side can get on with being thrilled in peace. Basically its as essential to the whole as any other part; without it it would just collapse under the weight of all that alliteration and eeriness, but the plot provides just enough information for us to get a hold on where the narrator is coming from, and the basic physicality of that horror haunted home that everything else can take off, so that a man who starts off just depressed can end up catatonic and insane. That's my two pence, anyway. :)

[@joshklenner1799]

VIPHighlander Wow I'm really glad you responded. After I read your reply I went back and watched the vid again, and man what a difference. As embarrassing as this is I didn't even know Lenore was his deceased wife, it's like it all came together and made sense. We are just witnessing a man who is having a mental breakdown because of how depressed he is from the death of his beloved wife. And I don't know if this is true but I felt like the raven was a representation of Edgar himself, or maybe a representation of the depressing situation. But anyhow, I take back what I said this is great! Thanks for clearing that up good job ha

[@VIPHighlander]

Josh Klenner No worries. I hadn't thought of the raven like that though it makes sense that it would be Poe, or a voice in his head. The one we all have that just says over and over; "It's over, you're screwed, just give up", I can imagine that voice was very loud in Poe's head. Also, yes, Christopher Lee is a bad ass :D

[@stefanonicola3445]

I feel like most of Poe's poems and stories can't be looked at merely from a "plot perspective", infact most of them give me the idea of something that's just happening in the author's head rather than an actual story (whether a true one or one that takes place in a parallel, fantasy world). The Raven to me seems the physical mean that the author uses to symbolize a real melancholic feeling that almost drives the main character/author to insanity. The plot is relative (that's just my opinion though, I could be wrong). And yes C.Lee is a fullout badass

[@cevg2612]

The true eeryness of the poem is the ravens answer. the main character seeks relief, to know if he will ever see lenore again. same as asking if there is an afrerlife... quoth the raven, nevermore. then the he asks the raven to leave! to end his torment and leave him be. quoth the raven, nevermore

[@HattieLovesCattie]

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

[@vigorlilover]

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

[@EgyptianSpaceDog]

I prefer this over the newer version Christopher did :)

[@AlixAnime]

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

[@AlixAnime]

by*

[@AudioRacconti]

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

[@terryvenicombe1946]

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

[@mellyunknown212]

I love this poem with "my burning soul"

[@JoseCarlosZazuetaMeraz-ht7yo]

I get this.. the old man kills his lovely wife... and spends his eternal life' as a crow and can only say nevermore... his soul trangesses in the seat.. when god and the devil confort him... as soon as he perceives his ows death and still presense and existance in soul and ''mind'' can only mean an wise man's voice Godly voice can be so childlish...

[@JoseCarlosZazuetaMeraz-ht7yo]

at the end death speaks too you in this poem , since objects are compared with the soul'

[@PlagueAngel18]

so perfect

[@meekverde4750]

Someone explain whats going on in this Poem? I have no idea and too many pictures are popping up in my head

[@skrillexforlife23]

well edgar was telling a story about him being on drugs as if tis..his wife commited suicide and he later died from the bioxerian drug

[@lamascararota666]

timesishard hands His wife, Virginia, did not commit suicide, she died of Tuberculosis, as many people dear to Poe did. His cause of death remains unknown.

[@skrillexforlife23]

oh shit yea

[@Guciom]

The poem itself is about a guy who is slowly sinking into a deep depression the more he realize that he will never see his dead lover.

[@1hansama]

Raven symbolizes in dreams things that we don't want to admid or see.

[@rancerichardson1659]

That hit hella deep

[@nicholasrowe6322]

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