The Raven's Halloween: The Best Stories of Edgar Allan Poe - formato ePub

Los mejores relatos de misterio y terror del gran maestro del géneroSe reúnen en esta edición especial de Austral catorce de los mejores relatos de Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), uno de los escritores norteamericanos...

El "gato negro" de Edgar Allan Poe entrega todos los elementos espeluznantes que hacen una historia aterradora y frecuentadora. Este cuento oscuro particular combina el miedo y la culpa con la brutalidad...

En esta recopilación de 13 relatos de Edgar Allan Poe nos encontramos con historias de terror o detectivescas, de quien ha sido llamado un genio de la literatura, pues aunque su vida fue corta, ya que...

La presente edición incluye El gato negro (que da titulo a la colección de relatos), así como: William Wilson, Morella, Una historia de las montañas Ragged, El corazón delator, Los crímenes de la rue...

Las Aventuras de Arthur Gordon Pym (1838), reflejan las influencias exploradoras durante el siglo XIX sobre Edgar Allan Poe, que intenta escribir una novela convencional de aventuras en los hielos polares,...

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) es no sólo uno de los más brillantes autores norteamericanos, sino también el creador de la historia policíaca. Poe inventa de golpe las líneas formales de la novela de detectives...

La presente edición incluye 35 de los más importantes relatos de Edgar Allan Poe, así como sus más célebres poemas: El Cuervo (ilustrado por Gustave Doré) y Annabel Lee.

Un terrorífico gato negro que trae mala suerte; el golpeteo de un corazon que delata un crimen; un príncipe que quiere salvarse de una peste mortal, o un astuto hombre que está a punto de morir, son algunas...

La poesía de uno de los denominados “escritores malditos” por Verlaine, Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1847) no es tan conocida como sus relatos, a excepción de El Cuervo (The Raven). Publicado por primera vez...

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) fue el creador de la literatura fantástica de horror, que habría de influir sobre toda la literatura europea, y especialmente sobre los "poetas malditos": Baudelaire, Rimbaud,...

«El Cuervo» revoloteó por primera vez en 1845 entre las páginas del periódico «Evening Mirror», convirtiéndose pronto en una sensación popular. Este poema narrativo, exponente del estilo gótico romántico,...

En Narraciones extraordinarias encontramos los conocidos relatos breves del escritor norteamericano Edgar Allan Poe, de temperamento turbulento y morboso. Soñador y extraño a lo corriente, Poe consigue...

Es esta la única novela de Edgar Allan Poe, inspirada en la época de los grandes exploradores y aventureros. Arthur Gordon Pym de Nantucket narra un motín y las atrocidades vividas a bordo del bergantín...

Edgar Allan Poe fue un escritor, poeta, critico y periodista romantico estadounidense, generalmente reconocido como uno de los maestros universales del relato corto, del cual fue uno de los primeros practicantes...

La caida de la Casa Usher, tambien conocido como El hundimiento de la casa Usher es un cuento de terror del escritor estadounidense Edgar Allan Poe, considerado uno de los mas importantes de su produccion...

En el curso de ciertas investigaciones sobre el Oriente tuve hace poco oportunidad de consultar el Tellmenow Isitsoornot, obra que, a semejanza del Zohar, de Simeon Jochaides, es muy poco conocida aun...

Victoria Finney has always been the planner. So, when she's blindsided by a terminaldiagnosis, she's not just worried about her own future—she's worried about herhusband, Troy. Determined to ensure he's...

Alan Thurston was an immunologist at Midwestern University Medical School. Like most men in the teaching trade, he also had a research project. If it worked out, he'd be one of the great names in medicine;...

Whose Body? is a 1923 novel by Dorothy L. Sayers, which introduced the character of Lord Peter Wimsey. CHAPTER I "Oh, damn!" said Lord Peter Wimsey at Piccadilly Circus. "Hi, driver!" The taxi man,...

The Pit and The Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe "The Pit and the Pendulum" is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1842 in the literary annual The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's...

Eldorado is a sequel book to the classic adventure tale, The Scarlet Pimpernel. It was first published in 1913. The novel is notable in that it is the partial basis for most of the film treatments of...

The Warden, published in 1855, is the first book in Anthony Trollope's Chronicles of Barsetshire series of six novels. It was his fourth novel.The Warden concerns Mr Septimus Harding, the meek, elderly...

The Mirror of the Sea is a collection of autobiographical essays originally published variously in several magazines between 1904 and 1906. In discussing the work, Conrad described it as "a very intimate...

Glenn Killbourne and his fiancee Carley Burch find a strange test of their love in the mountains and canyons of Arizona. What subtle strange message had come to her out of the West? Carley Burch laid...

The senator took an elevator directly to the helicopter landing on the roof of the building. It was several minutes before he had located the little runabout he had bought for his wife the previous Christmas....

Mme. Vauquer (nee de Conflans) is an elderly person, who for the past forty years has kept a lodging-house in the Rue Nueve-Sainte-Genevieve, in the district that lies between the Latin Quarter and the...

"A Daughter of the Snows" is Jack London's first novel. The novel features a strong female heroine, Frona Welse. Frona was born into a wealthy family and educated at Stanford but she takes to the Yukon...

You will, I know, permit me to address you these essays which are more the product of your erudition than of my enthusiasm. With the motives of their appearance you are familiar. We have wondered together...

This don't pretend to be "Literature." This is just a tale for red-blooded folks who want a story and not just a lot of "psychological" stuff or "analysis." Boy, you'll love it! Read it here, see it...

The Purloined Letter Edgar Allan Poe 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,...

This collection contains translations of Roumanian tales which, however, comprise but a small portion of the inexhaustible treasure that exists in the nation. The originals are scattered throughout Roumanian...

On the second day of July in the year 1863 the Civil War in America was at its height. Late in the preceding month Lee had turned his face northward, and, with an army of a hundred thou-sand Confederate...

Unseen Genius follows the journey of Jabari, a young inventor with dreams bigger than his circumstances. In each installment, Jabari grapples with the challenges of balancing his family obligations, friendships,...

FIRE MOUNTAIN IS "A THRILLING SEA STORY BY "NORMAN SPRINGER", AUTHOR OF "THE BLOOD SHIP" Years. Bright, aslant eyes, and a suave and ever-ready smile that broke immediately Martin met his gaze. "You...

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "This has got to be one of the most out loud funniest books I've read all year."⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Any women that are going through menopause need to read this. Such a great book and it's laugh out loud funny." For...

Mr. Greene, a wealthy Englishman on a European holiday with his family, carried his money and his wife's jewels in one of their many boxes. On transferring from the boat on Lake Como to their hotel, the...

"We heard the tecbir, so the Arabs call Their shout of onset, when with loud appeal They challenge heaven, as if commanding conquest." Hugh de Payens, having now laid in Europe the foundations of the...

The Return of the Native is English author Thomas Hardy's sixth published novel. It first appeared in the magazine Belgravia, a publication known for its sensationalism, and was presented in twelve monthly...

For half a century the housewives of Pont-l'Eveque had envied Madame Aubain her servant Felicite. For a hundred francs a year, she cooked and did the housework, washed, ironed, mended, harnessed the...

All they want for Christmas is ...Breanna Henderson lives by lists, strict schedules, and preparations galore. Being pregnant while climbing up a ladder into her best friend Billy's bedroom was definitely...

The year 146 B.C. was an annus mirabilis in the development of Roman dominion. Of course it had long been a foregone conclusion that Carthage and Corinth must fall before her, but the actual time of their...

The highly anticipated follow-up to bestselling BIG HORN, WALKER PRAIRIE is a thrilling Jenn Herrington legal mystery set in Wyoming's rugged Bighorn Mountains. When former prosecutor and mystery writer...

We is a dystopian novel by Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin, written 1920-1921. The novel was first published as an English translation by Gregory Zilboorg in 1924 in New York. The novel describes a world...

The beautiful scenery of the Moselle has too long been left without notice. It is true, some of our Artists have presented to us scenes on the banks of this river; but English travellers are, for the...

One more point deserves notice. Butler often refers in "Life and Habit" to Darwin's "Variations of Animals and Plants under Domestication." When he does so it is always under the name "Plants and Animals."...

AS you open this book you will probably ask, "What is a golden deed?" Let me tell you. It is the doing of something for somebody else doing it without thought of self, without thought of reward, fearlessly,...