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This volume contains a collection of some of the best short stories ever written by Edgar Allan Poe. A master of the macabre, Poe exhibits his literary prowess in these classic short stories. Contained within this volume are the following: The Gold-Bug, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Balloon-Hoax, The Purloined Letter, A Descent into the Maelström, The Black Cat, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Masque of the Red Death, The Cask of Amontillado,...
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Some of the most popular horror and mystery stories of all time are collected together here in "The Best Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe." A master of the macabre, Poe exhibits his literary prowess in these chilling and classic tales. Included in this collection is "The Fall of the House of Usher," the story of a man and his sister who suffer from a strange, debilitating illness. Her death drives him to the point of madness as their fragile mansion...
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Here, in Volume I of II, is contained "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Black Cat," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and "Ligeria," among many others. Many acknowledge Poe's tales as prototypes for the later development of the horror, mystery, and science fiction genres. Poe's life is perhaps as fabled and shrouded in mystery as his stories. His mysterious death remains a source of myth. Poe was firmly established in the Gothic movement of the time and...
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Here, in Volume II of II, is contained "A Predicament," "Mystification," and "Eleonora," among many others. Many acknowledge Poe's tales as prototypes for the later development of the horror, mystery, and science fiction genres. Poe's life is perhaps as fabled and shrouded in mystery as his stories. His cryptic death remains a source of myth. Poe was firmly established in the Gothic movement of the time and further was a father of "dark romanticism"...
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The Ultimate Poe: Short Stories pulls together all of the more than 50 short stories penned by author Edgar Allan Poe during his literary career. A pioneer of the short story genre, Poe's stories typically captured themes of the macabre and included elements of the mysterious. Better-known stories include "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Pit and the Pendulum," and "The Tell-Tale Heart."
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No conto "Os Crimes da Rua Morgue" ("The Murders in the Rue Morgue"), Edgar Allan Poe conta a história do assassinato brutal de duas mulheres em Paris. Envolto em mistério, o crime tornou-se um grande desafio para a polícia, sendo desvendado apenas por Auguste Dupin, um homem tão enigmático quanto os assuntos dos quais se ocupa. Publicado pela primeira vez em 1841 na "Graham's Magazine", o texto inaugurou a linhagem do conto policial moderno,...
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Rey del suspense, rey de los relatos más o menos breves, eximio poeta, rey de los cuentos de terror, rey de la fantasía y de las desgracias personales, maestro de muchos escritores posteriores como Baudelaire, Dostoievski, Kafka, Lovecraft y Stephen King. Todos estos adjetivos y más le cuadran con exactitud al norteamericano Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849). Su vida, relativamente corta, la proyectó en sus escritos como nadie, actuando de catarsis,...
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Master of the Gothic and creator of the detective genre, Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most famous writers in all of American literature. Here is a carefully selected collection of his finest works, including such classics as The Pit and the Pendulum, The Tell Tale Heart, The Cask of Amontillado and many more.
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Eldritch lovers, gothic grotesques and a homicidal jester are among the characters issued from the imagination of one of the great American tale-spinners of the nineteenth-century. Horror, humor and mystery intertwine in this collection of ten of Edgar Allan Poe's more, esoteric short stories.
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"Ligeia" was originally, published in the September 18, 1838 issue of American Museum. The poem "The Conqueror Worm," first published in Graham's...
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"¡Bienvenido a otro volumen de la Colección Mejores! Cuentos, una selección de relatos escritos en diferentes épocas por autores de diversas nacionalidades y con temas muy variados, pero que comparten una cualidad literaria enorme y quizás la más importante: la de brindar placer al lector. En esta preciosa edición de la Colección Mejores Cuentos, el lector encontrará las mejores historias de Edgar Allan Poe, los clásicos de suspenso y terror...
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"The Works of Edgar Allan Poe" is a captivating five-book series that immerses readers in the dark, intricate world of one of America's most iconic writers.
This collection showcases Poe's mastery across various literary forms, from eerie short stories like "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Fall of the House of Usher" to his haunting poetry, including the renowned "The Raven." Poe's works delve into themes of the macabre, the mysterious, and the...
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The Edgar Allan Poe Collection (2020) compiles several iconic works of short fiction and poetry by an icon of American literature. Recognized as a foundational figure of nineteenth century fiction, Poe has inspired generations of readers and writers with his craftsmanship and taste for tragedy and terror. His brief but meteoric career shaped the trajectory of American literature forever, forming a legacy without which science fiction, horror, and...
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Une édition de référence d'Histoires extraordinaires d'Edgar Allan Poe, traduit par Charles Baudelaire, spécialement conçue pour la lecture sur les supports numériques.
«Quand je regarde autour de moi, je suis honteux de mes premières terreurs. Si la tempête qui nous a poursuivis jusqu'à présent me fait trembler, ne devrais-je pas être frappé d'horreur devant cette bataille du vent et de l'Océan dont les mots vulgaires tourbillon et...
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Une édition de référence des Histoires grotesques et sérieuses d'Edgar Allan Poe, spécialement conçue pour la lecture sur les supports numériques.
« Je suis issu d'une race qu'ont illustrée une imagination vigoureuse et des passions ardentes. Les hommes m'ont appelé fou ; mais la science ne nous a pas encore appris si la folie est ou n'est pas le sublime de l'intelligence, si presque tout ce qui est la gloire, si tout ce qui est la profondeur,...
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Sin duda Edgar Allan Poe pasará a la historia de la literatura por haber conseguido estremecernos con sus historias, con sus relatos y poemas. Poe publicó sesenta y siete cuentos en vida. En el presente libro hemos recopilado aquellos que, por su calidad y el agrado general de la crítica, nos han parecido los más destacables. Naturalmente, no faltan piezas como «Los crímenes de la calle Morgue», una de sus historias más inquietantes e innovadoras,...
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Extrait: "Relativement à la très étrange et pourtant très familière histoire que je vais coucher par écrit, je n'attends ni ne sollicite la créance. Vraiment, je serais fou de m'y attendre dans un cas o mes sens eux-mêmes rejettent leur propre témoignage. Cependant, je ne suis pas fou, - et très certainement je ne rêve pas. Mais demain je meurs, et aujourd'hui je voudrais décharger mon âme."
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En el libro que tienes en tus manos leerás relatos que te atraparán desde la primera página. Historias que conseguirán mantenerte en vilo en todo momento y que te ayudarán a resolver, en cierta medida, el gran misterio de tu vida. Puzles donde tendrás la sensación de que faltan piezas, que nada encaja y todo está ordenado en un caos irracional del cual no puedes descubrir el sentido. Sin embargo, en estas narraciones, como en la vida, al final...
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Extrait: "Double assassinat des plus singuliers. - Ce matin, vers trois heures, les habitants du quartier Saint-Roch furent réveillés par une suite de cris effrayants, qui semblaient venir du quatrième étage d'une maison de la rue Morgue, que l'on savait occupée en totalité par une dame l'Espanaye et sa fille, mademoiselle Camille l'Espanaye."
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