Edgar Poe: 1724 books

"MS. Found in a Bottle" is an 1833 short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The plot follows an unnamed narrator at sea who finds himself in a series of harrowing circumstances. As he nears his own disastrous death while his ship drives ever southward, he writes an "MS.",...

"Bon-Bon" is a comedic short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in December 1832 in the Philadelphia Saturday Courier. Originally called "The Bargain Lost", the story follows a man named Pierre Bon-Bon, who believes himself a profound philosopher, and his encounter with...

"Bon-Bon" is a comedic short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in December 1832 in the Philadelphia Saturday Courier. Originally called "The Bargain Lost", the story follows a man named Pierre Bon-Bon, who believes himself a profound philosopher, and his encounter with...

"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"...

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.

A queda da casa de Usher, a história de um estranho casal de irmãos cuja corrupção moral e psíquica é refletida na falência física da mansão gótica onde moram. Um homem que esquizofrenicamente sente-se perseguido por um sujeito de mesmo nome que tenta usurpar-lhe a vida e a identidade, em...

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...

Os assassinatos na Rua Morgue, conto de Edgar Allan Poe, é considerado como um dos textos fundadores do gênero policial moderno e nele você encontrará todos os elementos característicos desse tipo de narrativa, como o detetive e seu assistente, o enigma do quarto fechado, a solução incrível. Um texto imperdível e leitura obrigatória para todos que gostam de boa literatura.

Histórias Extraordinárias é uma colectânea de contos publicados entre os anos de 1833 e 1845, considerados clássicos da literatura de horror e policial. É um livro magnífico, tanto para quem gosta de contos de horror e mistério, quanto para quem deseja conhecer um dos mestres nesse estilo literário....

Poemas e ensaios, de Edgar Allan Poe, é um livro maior do que seu número de páginas indica. Além de reunir os principais poemas e ensaios de um dos principais nomes da modernidade, inclui um posfácio de Charles Baudelaire e conta com as consagradas traduções de Oscar Mendes e Milton Amado

"The Mystery of Marie Rogêt", often subtitled A Sequel to "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe written in 1842. This is the first murder mystery based on the details of a real crime. It first appeared in Snowden's Ladies' Companion in three installments, November and December 1842 and February 1843.

"The Imp of the Perverse" is a short story by 19th-century American author and critic Edgar Allan Poe. Beginning as an essay, it discusses the narrator's self-destructive impulses, embodied as the symbolic metaphor of The Imp of the Perverse. The narrator describes this spirit as the agent...

The Masque of the Red Death is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague, known as the Red Death, by hiding in his abbey. He, along with many other wealthy nobles, hosts a masquerade ball within seven rooms of the abbey, each decorated...

"Berenice" is a horror short story by Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849). First published in 1835, the tale is centered on the death of a young girl, named Berenice, and the mysterious visions of her cousin, Egaeus…