According to even his most forgiving biographers, Edgar Allan Poe (1809 49) was a difficult man. Arrested whilst touring Europe, and expelled from the United States Military Academy at West Point, he tended to lose both work and friends through drunkenness. Best known for his goriest stories, Poe is often presented to the modern reader as a writer of horror. However, this collection, published in 1852, offers a broader selection of his work. It includes one of his first pieces of detective fiction, 'The Gold-Beetle', resulting from his preoccupation with cryptography; 'A Descent into the...
According to even his most forgiving biographers, Edgar Allan Poe (1809 49) was a difficult man. Arrested whilst touring Europe, and expelled from the...
The midnight hour approaches. You lie in bed and try to sleep, but there is the howling of the wind outside, the creak of a floorboard, the scream of a cat, the ticking clock... Your heart beats, your skin crawls, and despite yourself you reach for this book and enter a world like a nightmare, haunted by dark fears, guilty secrets and the bloody consequences of rage, revenge and obsession. You cannot tear yourself away, these tales will appall and yet enthral you, for no mere mortal can resist the master of Gothic horror, Edgar Allan Poe.
The midnight hour approaches. You lie in bed and try to sleep, but there is the howling of the wind outside, the creak of a floorboard, the scream ...
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Classic / British English This collection brings together some of the best examples of late nineteenthand early twentieth-century short stories. Some are about ordinary people to whom something unexpected happens. Others are about unusual characters or events. Some of the stories are funny and others are more serious. All of them are highly enjoyable. This Pack contains a Book and MP3
Classic / British English This collection brings together some of the best examples of late nineteenthand early twentieth-century short stories. Some ...
On August 19, 1843, horror master Edgar Allan Poe released one of his darkest short stories, The Black Cat, his exploration of the psychology of guilt. Now, over a hundred and fifty years later, the tale of an unreliable narrator is continued by horror author Keith Gouveia. After killing his wife, John Mohr is sentenced to die at the gallows. But when an unlikely visitor turns into a reluctant partner, John embraces the monster within and becomes the god of the underworld's instrument of death. Doomed to walk the earth as an undead aberration with an insatiable hunger, John must send souls to...
On August 19, 1843, horror master Edgar Allan Poe released one of his darkest short stories, The Black Cat, his exploration of the psychology of guilt...
The classic EDGAR ALLAN POE poem 'The Raven' also includes 20 original illustrations by GUSTAVE DORE and a 'Comment on the Poem' by EDMUND C. STEDMAN. 'The Raven' delves into the hidden horrors of the human psyche. Originally published in 1845, the poem is narrated by a melancholy scholar brooding over Lenore, a woman he loved who is now lost to him. One bleak December at midnight, a raven with fiery eyes visits the scholar and perches above his chamber door. Struggling to understand the meaning of the word his winged visitant repeats -- "Nevermore " -- the narrator descends by stages into...
The classic EDGAR ALLAN POE poem 'The Raven' also includes 20 original illustrations by GUSTAVE DORE and a 'Comment on the Poem' by EDMUND C. STEDMAN....
Edgar Allan Poe: Wassergrube und Pendel und andere Erzahlungen Wassergrube und Pendel: Erstdruck in: The Gift, 1843. Die schwarze Katze: Erstdruck in: United States Saturday Post, 19. August 1843. Die Brille: Zuerst veroffentlicht in: Dollar Newspaper, 27. Marz 1844. Des wohlachtbaren Herrn Thingum Bob: Zuerst veroffentlicht in: Southern Literary Messenger, Dezember 1844. Der entwendete Brief: Erstdruck in: The Gift, 1845. Das System des Dr. Teer und Prof. Feder: Zuerst veroffentlicht in: Graham's Magazine, November 1845. Vollstandige Neuausgabe mit einer Biographie des Autors. Herausgegeben...
Edgar Allan Poe: Wassergrube und Pendel und andere Erzahlungen Wassergrube und Pendel: Erstdruck in: The Gift, 1843. Die schwarze Katze: Erstdruck in:...
Edgar Allan Poe: Die Maske des roten Todes und andere Erzahlungen Die Maske des roten Todes: Erstdruck in: Graham's Magazine, Mai 1842. Hinab in den Maelstrom: Erstdruck in: Graham's Magazine, Mai 1841. Die Brille: Zuerst veroffentlicht in: Dollar Newspaper, 27. Marz 1844. Des wohlachtbaren Herrn Thingum Bob: Zuerst veroffentlicht in: Southern Literary Messenger, Dezember 1844. Neuausgabe mit einer Biographie des Autors. Herausgegeben von Karl-Maria Guth. Berlin 2017. Textgrundlage sind die Ausgaben: Edgar Allan Poes Werke. Gesamtausgabe der Dichtungen und Erzahlungen, Band 5: Phantastische...
Edgar Allan Poe: Die Maske des roten Todes und andere Erzahlungen Die Maske des roten Todes: Erstdruck in: Graham's Magazine, Mai 1842. Hinab in den M...
