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7 best short stories - Halloween - format ePub
M. R. James
Montague Rhodes James was born in 1862 at Goodnestone Parsonage, Kent, where his father was a curate, but the family moved soon afterwards to Great Livermere in Suffolk. James attended Eton College and later King's College Cambridge where he won many awards and scholarships. From 1894 to 1908 he was Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge and from 1905 to 1918 was Provost of King's College. In 1913, he became Vice-Chancellor of the University for two years. In 1918 he was installed as Provost of Eton. A distinguished medievalist and scholar of international status, James published many works on biblical and historical antiquarian subjects. He was awarded the Order of Merit in 1930. His ghost story writing began almost as a divertissement from his academic work and as a form of entertainment for his colleagues. His first collection, Ghost Stories of an Antiquary was published in 1904. He never married and died in 1936.
Lafcadio HEARN
Né en 1850 en Grèce, d'un chirurgien de la marine anglaise et d'une Grecque ; abandonné très tôt par son père puis par sa mère, élevé au Pays de Galles par une vieille tante, éborgné dès l'adolescence par un accident qui le coupa un peu plus des autres, Lafcadio Hearn est le déraciné type. Rejeté par sa famille anglaise, à 16 ans, il sera livré à lui-même et à la misère de bonne heure. Émigré aux Etats-Unis à vingt et un ans, il y connaît, malgré divers emplois dans le journalisme, une existence misérable. En quête d'un idéal inaccessible, et cherchant désespérant à s'identifier à une culture, il croit y parvenir lors d'un séjour de sept années à la Nouvelle Orléans, suivi d'une tentative d'établissement à la Martinique. Le hasard d'un reportage au Japon lui fait découvrir dans ce pays le havre de grâce qu'il n'espérait plus. Converti au bouddhisme, époux d'une japonaise qui lui donna plusieurs enfants, il connut un bref mais intense apaisement. Harmonie dont le grand connaisseur avait deviné le sens en recueillant ces contes. C'est leur message d'espoir qu'il cherche ainsi à communiquer, sans rancune, à ces hommes d'Occident qui n'avaient pas su le reconnaître pour un de leurs.
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe fue un poeta, narrador y crítico literario estadounidense del siglo XIX. Fue uno de los maestros del relato gótico, y pionero del cuento de terror psicológico y la literatura detectivesca. Su estilo está profundamente marcado por temas como la oscuridad, la belleza terrorífica y la obsesión humana. Fue una de las plumas más influyentes y renombradas de la literatura universal. Más de 200 años después, sus obras se siguen reeditando, traduciendo e incluso la industria audiovisual.
Ambrose BIERCE
Ambrose Bierce was an American writer, critic and war veteran. Bierce fought for the Union Army during the American Civil War, eventually rising to the rank of brevet major before resigning from the Army following an 1866 expedition across the Great Plains. Bierce’s harrowing experiences during the Civil War, particularly those at the Battle of Shiloh, shaped a writing career that included editorials, novels, short stories and poetry. Among his most famous works are “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” “The Boarded Window,” “Chickamauga,” and What I Saw of Shiloh. While on a tour of Civil-War battlefields in 1913, Bierce is believed to have joined Pancho Villa’s army before disappearing in the chaos of the Mexican Revolution.
Ambrose Bierce was an American writer, critic and war veteran. Bierce fought for the Union Army during the American Civil War, eventually rising to the rank of brevet major before resigning from the Army following an 1866 expedition across the Great Plains. Bierce’s harrowing experiences during the Civil War, particularly those at the Battle of Shiloh, shaped a writing career that included editorials, novels, short stories and poetry. Among his most famous works are “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” “The Boarded Window,” “Chickamauga,” and What I Saw of Shiloh. While on a tour of Civil-War battlefields in 1913, Bierce is believed to have joined Pancho Villa’s army before disappearing in the chaos of the Mexican Revolution.
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Title : 7 best short stories - Halloween
EAN : 9783968583150
Publisher : Tacet Books
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File size : 334.91 kb
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