Poe: 1914 books

Ligeia ist eine 1838 erschienene Erzählung von Edgar Allan Poe, in deren Mittelpunkt die Reinkarnation einer Person in einer anderen steht. Der namenlose Ich-Erzähler hat in einer "alten, verfallenen Stadt am Rhein" Ligeia kennen- und lieben gelernt und geheiratet, eine Frau von ebenso...

Edgar Allan Poe (19 January 1809 7 October 1849) was an American writer best known for stories of mystery and horror. Poe also wrote poetry, including the well known poem The Raven. Not much is known about Poes untimely death, but it cannot be debated that he has had a great influence on American literature.

"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...

What o'clock is it?—Old Saying. EVERYBODY knows, in a general way, that the finest place in the world is—or, alas, was—the Dutch borough of Vondervotteimittiss. Yet as it lies some distance from any of the main roads, being in a somewhat out–of–the–way situation, there are perhaps...

"The Black Cat" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in the August 19, 1843, edition of The Saturday Evening Post. It is a study of the psychology of guilt, often paired in analysis with Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart". In both, a murderer carefully conceals...

"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...

"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...

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.

Enquanto viveu, Edgar Allan Poe obteve seu maior sucesso com o conto "O escaravelho de ouro". Em uma ilha deserta na Carolina do Sul, o excêntrico William Legrand encontra uma nova espécie de inseto, um escaravelho dourado. Com a descoberta, Legrand, seu criado e um narrador sem nome sairão...

Nel 1842 fu pubblicato per la prima volta sul Graham's Magazine "La maschera della morte rossa", racconto di Edgar Allan Poe, che potremmo definire nero, gotico o comunque racconto horror, in un'accezione più classica del termine e lontana dall'idea odierna di noir.  L'autore Edgar...

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),...

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...

"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...