Poe Edgar: 1724 books

Para se ter uma idéia precisa da influência de Edgar Allan Poe sobre os romances policiais e de mistério que tanto sucesso fariam a partir de meados do século XIX, basta dizer que, não fosse o conto "Assassinatos na rua Morgue" (1841), não haveria Sherlock Holmes (Conan Doyle, 1887),...

"The Tell-Tale Heart" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe first published in 1843. It follows an unnamed narrator who insists on his sanity after murdering an old man with a "vulture eye". The murder is carefully calculated, and the murderer hides the body by cutting it into pieces...

"The Man of the Crowd" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe about a nameless narrator following a man through a crowded London. It was first published in 1840. The story is introduced with the epigraph "Ce grand malheur, de ne pouvoir être seul" — a quote taken...

*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. A must read for every Edgar Allan Poe fan. Poe...

"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...

The full title of Edgar Allan Poe's short story known as "King Pest" is King Pest: A Tale Containing an Allegory. One of Poe's most bizarre short stories.

Four Beasts in One by classic Romantic/Gothic author Edgar Allan Poe. Poe is considered by many to be the father of the Romantic Gothic Literary movement and he wrote over 70 short stories, all of which are more popular today than when he originally wrote them.

The full title of Edgar Allan Poe's short story known as "King Pest" is King Pest: A Tale Containing an Allegory. One of Poe's most bizarre short stories.

*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. "A Descent into the Maelström"...

"The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe about a mesmerist who puts a man in a suspended hypnotic state at the moment of death. An example of a tale of suspense and horror, it is also, to a certain degree, a hoax, as it was published without...

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), Amerikan şair ve öykücüsü. Romantiklerden gerçek üstücülere, sembolistlerden post modernlere dek her akım ve şairin kendi yansımasını görmek istediği bir ayna. Lanetlenmiş şair, yazın ustası, halk yığınlarının erdemsiz putu, yalnız öncü diye...

Edgar Allan Poe, düşselliğe teslimiyetinde yalnız olmadığının farkındaydı ki 'Euraka'yı, "düşlerin tek gerçeklik olduğuna inananlara" adamıştı. Usta yazarın öykülerinin seçkin bir derlemesini sunan bu kitabın sayfaları arasındayken, okurların da onun sınırsız...

"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...

"Aventure sans pareille d'un certain Hans Pfaall" ("The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall" dans l'édition originale) est une nouvelle d'Edgar Allan Poe, parue en juin 1835, dans l'édition du magazine mensuel "Southern Literary Messenger", conçue comme un canular journalistique par Poe. Elle...