Poe Edgar Allan: 1703 books

This tale appeared in the New York Sun in 1844 and claimed a group of men successfully crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a new type of balloon. Although the story looked real, it was completely fiction and created entirely from Poe's imagination.

Dos jóvenes caballeros van de viaje por el sur francés. Llegan a las cercanías de un manicomio privado, que suscita la curiosidad de uno de ellos. Su acompañante, que conoce al director de la institución, se aviene a presentarle, y al punto, a consecuencia de su fobia a los lunáticos, se despide....

"El barril de amontillado" es uno de los relatos de la etapa final en la vida de Poe (1846), escrito sólo poco tiempo antes del inicio de su declive definitivo, marcado por la muerte de su mujer, Virginia Clemm, en enero de 1847. Una primera lectura de "El barril de amontillado"...

In queste pagine proverete il brivido tipico della lettura del Poe più ispirato. Non soltanto per la storia, assolutamente singolare, del conflittuale rapporto tra un uomo e il suo animale domestico preferito, un fiero e bellissimo gatto nero. Ma anche perché, attraverso la trama, il maestro del...

Dall'incipit del libro: "Nella gloriosa guerra che l'America sostenne contro l'Inghilterra per rendersi libera, si distinse il quarter master general Poe, che apparteneva a ragguardevole famiglia di Baltimora. Il figlio di questi stava studiando legge, quando una sera a teatro vide Elisabetta...

RACCONTO - Di fronte al dilagare della piaga nota come la "Morte Rossa", il principe Prospero si rinchiude con la sua corte in un'abbazia fortificata. Protetta da alte mura e dimentica dalla sofferenza che regna all'esterno, l'allegra e spensierata brigata si dà alla baldoria sfidando la...

Poe, "padre de la novela policíaca", con la creación de Auguste Dupin dio origen al "detective analítico", y con Los crímenes de la rue Morgue al problema del "recinto cerrado". Un abominable crimen en una habitación cerrada o una importantísima carta robada pondrán...

The tale depicts the eighth and final voyage of Sinbad the Sailor, along with the various mysteries Sinbad and his crew encounter; the anomalies are then described as footnotes to the story. While the King is uncertain — except in the case of the elephants carrying the world on the back of the turtle...

This tale appeared in the New York Sun in 1844 and claimed a group of men successfully crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a new type of balloon. Although the story looked real, it was completely fiction and created entirely from Poe's imagination.

This tale appeared in the New York Sun in 1844 and claimed a group of men successfully crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a new type of balloon. Although the story looked real, it was completely fiction and created entirely from Poe's imagination.

The tale depicts the eighth and final voyage of Sinbad the Sailor, along with the various mysteries Sinbad and his crew encounter; the anomalies are then described as footnotes to the story. While the King is uncertain — except in the case of the elephants carrying the world on the back of the turtle...

Initially composed by Poe as a public lecture towards the end of his career and considered by him the culmination of all his life’s work, Eureka is an extended treatise about the creation, existence and the ultimate end of the world. An idiosyncratic blend of creative writing and scientific discourse,...

This tale appeared in the New York Sun in 1844 and claimed a group of men successfully crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a new type of balloon. Although the story looked real, it was completely fiction and created entirely from Poe's imagination.

This is one of Poe's stories about nature and a quaint cottage that the narrator happens upon. It is very descriptive about his surroundings.