Edgar Poe: 1724 books

Cuentos de imaginacion y misterio (Version Ilustrada) Hacia 1917, el eximio artista irlandés Harry Clarke emprendió uno de los trabajos que determinaría su fama: la ilustración de Tales of mistery and imagination, una antología de los más altos relatos de Poe preparada por la editorial Harrap....

En la presente edición se ofrecen tres de los relatos policiacos más conocidos de Poe. Los crímenes de la calle Morgue está considerado como el primer relato de detectives de la historia de la literatura, en el que se tienen en cuenta todos los elementos clave que recogerá en un futuro la novela policia clásica.

El ensayo muestra la convicción de Poe de que una obra de ficción ha de ser escrita únicamente después de que el autor haya decidido, en primer lugar, cuál va a ser su desenlace y cuál la respuesta emocional o "efecto" que pretende causar en el lector....

Within their refuge from a terrible plague called the Red Death, Prince Prospero and his court hold an opulent masquerade ball. But one uninvited guest means death for everyone. A pioneer of the short story genre, Poe’s stories typically captured themes of the macabre and included elements...

"The Landscape Garden" also published under the title "The Domain of Arnheim" combines the essay form with that of the tale in an effort to improve on nature. Critics have praised the story as a marvellous prose poem that contains a musical element similar to that which Poe attempted to achieve in hie poetry.

The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar is 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 claiming to be fictional, and many at the time of publication...

The Fall of the House of Usher is a dark, morbid, and absolutely creepy short story. Its a tale about a visit to the decaying House of Usher, a house haunted by the Ushers past evil. In the end, their evil past ultimately becomes to great for the house to hold. The story emphasizes the gloomy, foreboding,...

The scenario of this work is atypical for Poe. The narrator begins his tale by commenting that "the higher order of music is the most thoroughly estimated when we are exclusively alone." Only then, he states, can its "spiritual uses" be fully appreciated. "But there is one...

With an essay by D. H. Lawrence. '... an agility astounding, a strength superhuman, a ferocity brutal, a butchery without motive, a grotesquerie in horror absolutely alien from humanity...' Horror, madness, violence and the dark forces hidden in humanity abound in this collection of...

The e-book «Mystery Tales» (Illustrated edition) is a fabulous compilation of the best Poe’s suspenseful and imaginative tales. The «Animedia Company» e-book edition (2013) contains 27 original color illustrations by Arthur Rackham and Byam Shaw, which were carefully...

First published in a 1843 edition of The Pioneer, The Tell-Tale Heart is one of Poe's best-known stories. In it, an unreliable narrator is increasingly troubled by the clouded eye of the old man he lives with. Similar to The Black Cat, The Tell-Tale Heart focuses on the effects of mental instability, crime, and guilt.

Vampire - Tödliche Verführer Blutsaugende Nachtgestalten, die seit Jahrhunderten die Köpfe der Menschen beschäftigen. Wie real sind sie? Lesen Sie die ersten Geschichten und Gedichte, die je über Vampire geschrieben worden sind, von Goethe, Kipling, Poe, Heine und anderen. Wir wünschen angenehmes...

Die große Sammlung der besten Geschichten des genialen Poe: Der Goldkäfer Eine Geschichte aus dem Felsengebirge Der schwarze Kater Das Faß Amontilladowein Die Maske des roten Todes Die Rache des Zwerges Der alte Mann mit dem Geierauge Die Mordtat in der Rue Morgue Der gestohlene Brief Bericht über...

Das Gedicht beschreibt die Reise eines ritterlichen Edelmannes auf der Suche nach dem legendären Eldorado. Er verbringt den Großteil seines Lebens mit dieser Aufgabe. Mit hohem Alter trifft er schließlich einen "wandelnden Schatten", der ihm den Weg durch das "Tal der Schatten"...