Edgar Allan Poe - Libros y biografía

"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...

"The Purloined Letter" is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe. It is the third of his three detective stories featuring the fictional C. Auguste Dupin, the other two being "The Murders in...

"The Mystery of Marie Rogêt", often subtitled A Sequel to "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe written in 1842. This is the first murder mystery based on the details of...

"Mesmeric Revelation" is a short story in which a mesmerist puts his friend, Mr. Vankirk, into a trance. While mesmerized, Vankirk discusses profound ideas about the nature of God, the universe, and the...

"The Raven" is a narrative poem by the American writer and poet Edgar Allan Poe. It was published for the first time on January 29, 1845, in the New York Evening Mirror. Noted for its musicality, stylized...

"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...

Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque is a collection of short stories that delve into the eerie and macabre. The anthology showcases Edgar Allan Poe's talent for gothic literature, featuring tales of...

Set on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, the plot follows William Legrand, who was recently bitten by a gold-colored bug. His servant Jupiter fears Legrand is going insane and goes to Legrand's friend,...

Prepare for a spine-tingling journey into the enigmatic world of Edgar Allan Poe with our eBook, "The Fall of the House of Usher." This literary masterpiece is a haunting tale that will send shivers down...

Discover the mystery and terror of Edgar Allan Poe's classic gothic taleIn this chilling masterpiece of Gothic horror, Edgar Allan Poe tells the story of Roderick Usher and his dying twin sister, Madeline....

Welcome to a journey into the enigmatic world of literature with our eBook, "The Fall of the House of Usher." Within these digital pages, you will uncover a timeless classic that resonates with mystery...

Annonçant le roman policier, chefs-d'oeuvre de la littérature fantastique, les Histoires extraordinaires d'Edgar Allan Poe ont depuis longtemps consacré leur auteur comme une figure tutélaire du romantisme...

Many years ago, I contracted an intimacy with a Mr. William Legrand. He was of an ancient Huguenot family, and had once been wealthy; but a series of misfortunes had reduced him to want. To avoid the...

The chateau into which my valet had ventured to make forcible entrance, rather than permit me, in my desperately wounded condition, to pass a night in the open air, was one of those piles of commingled...

True! nervous, very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses, not destroyed, not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing...

For the most wild, yet most homely narrative which I am about to pen, I neither expect nor solicit belief. Mad indeed would I be to expect it, in a case where my very senses reject their own evidence....

This book contains the complete Edgar Allan Poe's tales and poems —over 135 works— in the chronological order of their original publication. Some of the most notable are: Tales: - The Black Cat - The...

This ebook compiles Edgar Allan Poe's greatest writings, including novels, short stories and poems such as "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket", "The Fall of the House of Usher", "The Tell-Tale...

"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham's Magazine in 1841. It has been claimed as the first detective story; Poe referred to it as one of his "tales of...

At the heart of 'The Raven; with literary and historical commentary' lies a profound exploration of the gothic and macabre, as intricately woven through the lens of Edgar Allan Poe's seminal work. The...

Ce livre a pour particularité de rassembler de façon comparative, les nouvelles extraordinaires de ces deux auteurs (l'un français, l'autre américain) qui fascinent les lecteurs par des histoires prodigieusement...

The Pit and the Pendulum" is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1842. The story is about the torments endured by a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition, though Poe skews historical...

In an isolated town called Vondervotteimittis (wonder-what-time-it-is), the punctilious inhabitants seem to be concerned with nothing but clocks and cabbage. This methodical, boring and quiet little borough...

Quinze nouvelles très courtes pour découvrir la littérature anglaise et américaine en version originale.La série BILINGUE de 12-21 propose : • une traduction fidèle et intégrale, accompagnée de nombreuses...

Les nouvelles : Étranges maisons que celles qui servent de cadre aux nouvelles de Guy de Maupassant et d’Edgar Allan Poe !Dans l’une, un homme ressent la présence d’un être invisible qui lui provoque...

This single volume brings together all of Poe's stories and poems, and illuminates the diverse and multifaceted genius of one of the greatest and most influential figures in American literary history....

This single volume brings together all of Poe's stories and poems, and illuminates the diverse and multifaceted genius of one of the greatest and most influential figures in American literary history....

Il titolo di questa piccola antologia, Moltitudine, solitudine, è firmato da Baudelaire ed è tratto da Le folle, un poemetto in prosa del 1861 ispirato dall’Uomo della folla di Poe. Wakefield, l’Uomo...

La maison Usher est habitée par les derniers des Usher, Roderick et sa sœur jumelle Madeline. Roderick dit souffrir d’un mal inconnu, l’hypocondrie dont sont affublés les membres de sa famille depuis...

Une nuit, un homme et ses amis décident d’ouvrir un sarcophage égyptien qui a piqué leur curiosité. Alors que l’aurore point, la momie commence à s’agiter. La statue d’une Vénus à la beauté ensorcelante...