Edgar Poe: 1724 books

This selection of Poe's critical writings, short fiction and poetry demonstrates an intense interest in aesthetic issues and the astonishing power and imagination with which he probed the darkest corners of the human mind. The Fall of the House of Usher describes the final hours of a family tormented...

In French. Both collections of Poe short stories translated to French by the great poet Charles Baudelaire. Poe's reputation in France is far greater than in America, due in large part to the quality of this translation.

"Die Feeninsel" knüpft nahtlos an die Erzählung "Landor's Landhaus" an. Poe wurde wegen Mordes und Hexerei verhaftet und in eine Irrenanstalt gebracht. Leonie sucht ihn und will seine Unschuld beweisen. Sie spricht mit dem Richter des New Yorker Sondergerichts Sir Christopher...

Leonie und Poe mieten ein kleines Landhaus und möchten nach ihrer Rückkehr nach Amerika schnellstmöglich heiraten. Doch schon bald offenbart das Landhaus ein düsteres Geheimnis und der seltsame Vermieter Mr.Landor gesteht, dass auf dem Haus ein alter Fluch lastet. Doch auch Leonie Goron hat einiges vor ihrem Geliebten Poe verheimlicht wie zum Beispiel ihren wahren Namen...

Poes Erzählung bildet thematisch den Auftakt für seine Geschichte "Die Morde in der Rue Morgue"(1841), die ein Jahr später erschien. Bereits in "The Man of the Crowd"stellt Poe das Verbrechen in den Mittelpunkt seiner Kurzgeschichte - allerdings nicht als konkrete Tat, sondern...

And now I found these fancies creating their own realities, and all imagined horrors crowding upon me in fact'. The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym is an archetypal American story of escape from home and family which traces a young man's rite of passage through a series of terrible brushes with death...

A unique one volume collection of all Poe's best tales and poems. Full of variety, entries include The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Mystery of Marie Roget, The Purloined Letter - three classic detective stories - plus The Raven, one of his greatest poems. A wonderful selection of tales and poems...

*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author).  *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience.  *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors. C. Auguste Dupin is a man in Paris who solves...

Containing one of the best known and best loved detective novels of all time - The Murders in the Rue Morgue - this entertaining collection of Poe's work shows why he was considered a master of mystery. Also included in the book is The Mystery of Marie Rogêt, which was a sequel to the thrilling Murders...

Considéré parfois comme une oeuvre de jeunesse (ce qui ne veut pas dire grand-chose, dans le cas de Poe), ce long récit constitue la seule tentative romanesque d'un écrivain essentiellement absorbé par ses contes. À ce titre déjà, elle intrigue et passionne, inscrivant nombre d'obsessions...

Credendo William Legrand impazzito a seguito di una puntura d’insetto, il suo amico denigra inizialmente la sua intenzione di mettersi sulle  tracce di un fantomatico tesoro di pirati. Tuttavia, decidendo in seguito di accondiscendere alla bizzarra convinzione di Legrand, lo accompagna nel...

Publicado en 1841, “El crimen de la Rue Morgue” es el primer relato de detectives de la historia de la literatura, siendo el antecedente de las novelas policiacas. Poe relata con maestría, en esta historia de terror, el asesinato de dos mujeres, poniendo todas las pistas para que el propio lector resuelva el caso. Poe se inspiró en un caso real para ambientar este magnífico relato.

With an Introduction by John S. Whitley, University of Sussex. This collection of Poe's best stories contains all the terrifying and bewildering tales that characterise his work. As well as the Gothic horror of such famous stories as 'The Pit and the Pendulum', 'The Fall of the House of Usher',...

Considéré parfois comme une oeuvre de jeunesse (ce qui ne veut pas dire grand-chose, dans le cas de Poe), ce long récit constitue la seule tentative romanesque d'un écrivain essentiellement absorbé par ses contes. À ce titre déjà, elle intrigue et passionne, inscrivant nombre d'obsessions...