Edgar Allan Poe: 1703 books

Questo Audio-eBook EPUB3 contiene tre famosi racconti dello scrittore che più di ogni altro ha saputo indagare il mistero e l'incubo. Tutti e tre indagano il rapporto ambivalente, di attrazione e repulsione, di curiosità e terrore, che lega gli uomini alla Morte e a tutto ciò che di ignoto e incomprensibile...

Una poesia struggente. Un classico: Annabel Lee, ultimo poema completo composto da Edgar Allan Poe(1809-1849). Come in molte delle sue opere, Poe esplora il tema della morte di una bella donna. Il narratore, innamorato di Annabel Lee quando entrambi erano giovani, continua ad amarla anche...

"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 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...

"William Wilson" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1839, with a setting inspired by Poe's formative years on the outskirts of London. The tale follows the theme of the doppelgänger and is written in a style based on rationality. It also appeared in the 1840 collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, and has been adapted several times.

"The Cask of Amontillado" (sometimes spelled "The Casque of Amontillado") is a short story, written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in the November 1846 issue of Godey's Lady's Book. The story is set in a nameless Italian city in an unspecified year (possibly sometime during...

Edgar Allan Poe's short story, Mellonta Tauta, was originally published in 1849. It is presented as a collection of letters written by a woman during a balloon flight in 2848. Within the letters-directed to a personal friend-she compares contemporary science, philosophy, and customs to those of a...

"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...

"The Power of Words" is a philosophical dialogue written by Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849). It was first published in 1845. This edition also contains a long note on Poe's life and work written by French poet Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) in 1852. The essay was translated in English by Henry Curwen (1845-1892) in 1873.

Edgar Allan Poe's short story, Mellonta Tauta, was originally published in 1849. It is presented as a collection of letters written by a woman during a balloon flight in 2848. Within the letters-directed to a personal friend-she compares contemporary science, philosophy, and customs to those of a...

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.

"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...

"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...

Le Puits et le Pendule (The Pit and the Pendulum) est une nouvelle écrite par Edgar Allan Poe qui fut publiée pour la première fois fin 1842 dans la revue littéraire annuelle The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present. L'histoire raconte les supplices endurés par un prisonnier lors de l'Inquisition...