allan - Libros y biografía

Written by the former CEO of Take Two Interactive, the publisher of the smash video game hit, Grand Theft Auto, Take Off Your Shoes is a memoir that follows the author’s journey from professional success...

Yearning for adventure, young Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket stows away on the whaler Grampus. Beset by troubles including mutiny, shipwreck, and cannibals, Pym is rescued by the crew of the Jane Guy...

Imprisoned and condemned to death by the Spanish Inquisition, an unnamed man is cruelly tortured by his captors even as an enemy army encircles the city.A pioneer of the short story genre, Poe’s stories...

When a missing letter leads to blackmail, detective C. Auguste Dupin must deduce the location of it without raising the suspicion of the blackmailer. “The Purloined Letter” is the third short story by...

On Sullivan’s Island in Charleston Harbor, William Legrand is—literally and figuratively—bitten by a gold bug and, thereafter, he becomes fixated on the idea of lost treasure. With his servant, Jupiter,...

After the death of his fiancée, the beautiful Lenore, a young man considers her ascension into the afterlife, and the purpose of mourning for those who the dead leave behind.Despite the fact that his...

Disabled court jester Hop-Frog is moved to elaborate murder when the king strikes the jester’s diminutive friend, Trippetta. “Hop-Frog” is a fearsome tale of revenge by American writer Edgar Allan Poe.A...

While lamenting the loss of his love, Lenore, a man receives a visit from a mysterious and unsettling raven who only utters one word: “Nevermore.”Despite the fact that his first published works were books...

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...

Revenge turns deadly when the narrator, Montressor, buries his friend, Fortunato, alive as the result of a perceived insult. Like “The Black Cat” and “The Tell-Tale Heart,” “The Cask of Amontillado” is...

When the body of Marie Rogêt is found in the Seine River, detective C. Auguste Dupin uses his superior deductive skills to discover the identity of the murderer. “The Mystery of Marie Rogêt” is based...

Resonant with themes of love, loneliness, and death, the poetry of Edgar Allan Poe continues to appeal to modern readers more than 150 years after his death. This edition of The Raven and Other Poems...

Fantasy and reality collide when an unnamed narrator believes his beloved wife, Ligeia, has risen from the dead. “Ligeia” was one of Edgar Allan Poe’s first published short stories, and spurred much debate...

When the mutilated bodies of Madame L'Espanaye and her daughter are found in the rue Morgue, detective C. Auguste Dupin is faced with the most puzzling case of his career as witness accounts contradict...

Resonant with themes of love, loneliness, and death, the poetry of Edgar Allan Poe continues to appeal to modern readers more than 150 years later. Spanning the breadth of Poe’s career, this collection...

Having killed in a fit of passion, an unnamed narrator quickly hides the victim’s body only to be haunted by the victim’s relentless heartbeat.A pioneer of the short story genre, Poe’s stories typically...

This epic poem gives an account of a Turkic ruler named Tamerlane, who conquered kingdoms to win power, while giving up that which his heart desired most.Despite the fact that his first published works...

The Ultimate Edgar Allan Poe: Short Stories, Poems and Essays is a celebration of Edgar Allan Poe’s extraordinary literary legacy. Spanning poems from his earliest days to his macabre and mysterious short...

The Ultimate Poe: Short Stories pulls together all of the more than 50 short stories penned by author Edgar Allan Poe during his literary career. A pioneer of the short story genre, Poe’s stories typically...

An unnamed narrator performs a remarkable experiment when he hypnotizes a man In articulo mortis—at the point of death. Because the story wasn’t identified as fiction when it was first published in 1845,...

When a young man visits a French mental institution to learn about the hospital’s “system of soothing,” he is surprised to learn that it has recently abandoned the treatment method. Offered a tour of...

A meditation on death and mortality, “The Conqueror Worm” describes a cryptic and ghoulish play that represents the inevitability of death.Despite the fact that his first published works were books of...

After the death of the beautiful Annabel Lee, a young man contemplates their love story—the passionate love in their youth, and the love that continues even after her passing.Despite the fact that his...

Histoires extraordinairesEdgar Allan PoeTexte intégral. Cet ouvrage a fait l'objet d'un véritable travail en vue d'une édition numérique. Un travail typographique le rend facile et agréable à lire.Histoires...

« D'abord le cadavre ouvrit les yeux et les cligna très rapidement pendant quelques minutes, comme M.Barnes dans la pantomime; puis il éternua; en troisième lieu, il se dressa sur son séant; en quatrième...

"La lettre volée" est une courte nouvelle d’Edgar Allan Poe de 1844. C’est l’une des plus célèbres nouvelles de Poe, et aussi la troisième apparition du Chevalier Auguste Dupin. "La lettre volée" a défini...

Dans ces récits hors du commun, Allan E. Berger nous fait redécouvrir trois solides mythes de l’ouest français : les Morgan, Merlin et l'Ankoù.Dans Les Océanides, l’auteur raconte le pays, les mœurs et...

Ces lettres révèlent la folie d’un homme à la fois exalté et terrifié par le sentiment qui le consume. Certaines figurent même parmi les plus stupéfiantes de ce qui a pu s’écrire en matière de lettres...

"Le scarabée d’or" est une nouvelle d’Edgar Allan Poe de 1843. Vivant sur une île désolée face à la côte de Caroline du Sud, William Legrand développe une obsession pour un scarabée d’or qu’il a trouvé...

Histoires grotesques et sérieuses Allan Edgar PoeTexte intégral. Cet ouvrage a fait l'objet d'un véritable travail en vue d'une édition numérique. Un travail typographique le rend facile et agréable à...