Edgar Allan: 1706 books

Metzengerstein, sous-titré dès la seconde édition « un conte imité de l'allemand » (en anglais, Metzengerstein. A Tale in Imitation of the German) est la première nouvelle de l'écrivain américain Edgar Allan Poe à être publiée. Elle se déroule en Hongrie dans une ambiance gothique et...

Le Démon de la perversité (en anglais The Imp of the Perverse) est une nouvelle qui se présente sous la forme d'un essai écrit par l'auteur et critique américain Edgar Allan Poe. Il traite des impulsions autodestructrices du narrateur qui incarne la métaphore symbolique du démon de...

A rare comedic short story by Edgar Allan Poe about a young man who has an infatuation with noses.

"Ligeia" (/laɪˈdʒiːə/) is an early short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1838. The story follows an unnamed narrator and his wife Ligeia, a beautiful and intelligent raven-haired woman. She falls ill, composes "The Conqueror Worm", and quotes lines...

"Von Kempelen and His Discovery" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849). First published in 1849, it is a satire of California Gold Rush and Nineteenth Century American Press.

Edgar Allan Poe's satirical short story about a female writer who is told by her editor that she must kill herself and then record the sensations of her death.

"Von Kempelen and His Discovery" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849). First published in 1849, it is a satire of California Gold Rush and Nineteenth Century American Press.

Edgar Allan Poe's satirical short story about a female writer who is told by her editor that she must kill herself and then record the sensations of her death.

"The Business Man" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe about a businessman boasting of his accomplishments. It was published in February 1840 in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine. The story questions the concept of a self-made man. The narrator of the story is Peter Proffit, a "methodical"...

Die große Sammlung klassischer Krimis, Spukgeschichten und anderer seltsamer Berichte ... Inhalte: Kriminalerzählungen und Detektivgeschichten Der Doppelmord in der Rue Morgue Von Edgar Allan Poe Das Wundermädchen aus der Schifferstraße Nach dem Neuen Pitaval von J. G. Hitzig und Willibald Alexis...

"The Raven" is a narrative poem by the American writer and poet Edgar Allan Poe. It was published for the first time on January 29, 1845, in the New York Evening Mirror. Noted for its musicality, stylized language and supernatural atmosphere, it tells of the mysterious visit of a talking raven to a distraught lover, tracing his slow descent into madness.

"Morella" is a short story in the Gothic horror genre by 19th-century American author and critic Edgar Allan Poe. An unnamed narrator marries Morella, a woman with great scholarly knowledge who delves into studies of the German philosophers Fichte and Schelling, dealing with the question...

Edgar Allan Poe (19 January 1809 7 October 1849) was an American writer best known for stories of mystery and horror. Poe also wrote poetry, including the well known poem The Raven. Not much is known about Poes untimely death, but it cannot be debated that he has had a great influence on American literature.

"Hop-Frog" (originally "Hop-Frog; Or, the Eight Chained Ourangoutangs") is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1849. The title character, a person with dwarfism taken from his homeland, becomes the jester of a king particularly fond of practical...