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Este ebook presenta "Colección de Edgar Allan Poe" con un sumario dinámico y detallado. Edgar Allan Poe escribió alrededor de sesenta cuentos, además de una serie de poemas, aunque a este género no le dedico el tiempo que el hubiera querido, debido a su precaria situacion economica. Segun Poe, la maxima expresion literaria era la poesia.Tabla de contenidos:El gato negroEl pozo y el penduloManuscrito hallado en una botellaEl escarabajo de oroEl cuervoLa mascara de la muerte rojaLos crimenes de la calle MorguePoemasEdgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849) 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 en su pais. Fue renovador de la novela gotica, recordado especialmente por sus cuentos de terror. Considerado el inventor del relato detectivesco, contribuyo asimismo con varias obras al genero emergente de la ciencia ficcion. Por otra parte, fue el primer escritor estadounidense de renombre que intento hacer de la escritura su modus vivendi, lo que tuvo para el lamentables consecuencias.

El cuervo fue publicado por primera vez en 1845 y constituye la composición poética más famosa de su autor. Son notables su musicalidad, el lenguaje estilizado y la atmósfera sobrenatural que logra recrear. Poe afirmaba haber escrito el poema de forma muy logica y metodica. Su intencion era crear un poema que pudiese gustar tanto a las clases populares como a las personas de gusto mas refinado, como explica el mismo en el ensayo que acompaña esta edicion "Filosofia de la composicion". La publicacion de El cuervo convirtio a Poe en un personaje muy popular en su epoca. Aunque algunos criticos mantienen opiniones diversas acerca de su valor literario, el poema sigue siendo una de las composiciones mas famosas que se han escrito en lengua inglesa. Esta edicion incluye ademas, las versiones que hicieran del poema Stephan Mallarme y Charles Baudelaire y la traduccion de Salvador Elizondo de Filosofia de la composicion.

Esta historia comprende los detalles de un motín y la atroz carnicería a bordo del bergantín Grampus en su travesía a los Mares del Sur, en el mes de junio de 1827; con un relato de la conquista por los supervivientes, su naufragio y los horribles sufrimientos posteriores causados por el hambre; su liberacion por la goleta britanica Jane Guy; el breve crucero de este ultimo buque por el oceano Antartico; su captura y la matanza de su tripulacion en unas islas del paralelo 84 de latitud sur, conjuntamente con los increibles descubrimientos y aventuras, aun mas al sur, a los que dio lugar esta calamidad.Luis Scafati ilumina con profundo talento los deleitables terrores de esta novela, donde se cifran todas las obsesiones del genial Edgar Allan Poe.

An inescapable black pit, an innocent buried alive, and the deranged hallucinations of a murderer all haunt this collection of Edgar Allan Poe's most celebrated stories. The undisputed master of gothic horror, Poe probes every imaginable depth of terror in his claustrophobic nightmares of murder and madness, including the classic 'The Fall of the House of Usher', 'The Pit and the Pendulum' and 'The Tell-Tale Heart'. Just as disturbing are the tales featuring the eccentric and ingenious Auguste Dupin - the first modern detective hero. In these chilling stories, Edgar Allan Poe's macabre imagination explores the darkest corners of the human mind and the furthest reaches of the paranormal.

QUESTO LIBRO È A LAYOUT FISSOViaggiare e come sognare: la differenza e che non tutti, al risveglio, ricordano qualcosa, mentre ognuno conserva calda la memoria della meta da cui e tornato. Edgar Allan PoeUnico romanzo di Poe, scritto nel 1837, Le avventure di Gordon Pym e stato considerato un manifesto del cosiddetto horror psicologico, di cui Poe rimane tuttoggi uno dei massimi rappresentanti.Ammutinamenti, tempeste, naufragi, isole misteriose, personaggi strani e inquietanti, aborigeni che celano, dietro unapparente cordialita, una natura barbara e sanguinaria costellano il lungo viaggio del giovane Pym, che, insieme allamico Augustus, vivra terribili momenti a bordo della baleniera Grampus e su unisola sconosciuta dellestremo sud.Salvato dal naufragio dallequipaggio della nave Jane Guy, prosegue su quella il suo viaggio verso il Polo Sud, animato, a dispetto dei patimenti subiti, dal perenne desiderio di visitare affascinanti terre inesplorate. Ma non tutto, a quelle latitudini, e come appare.Edgard Allan Poe (1809-1849), scrittore, poeta, critico letterario, giornalista, editore, e saggista statunitense, e considerato linventore del racconto poliziesco, della letteratura dellorrore e del giallo psicologico, nonche uno dei maggiori rappresentanti del racconto gotico.Tra le sue opere, numerosissimi racconti, successivamente pubblicati in raccolte, quali Racconti del grottesco e dellarabesco (1840) e Racconti in prosa (1843).

The Murders in the Rue Morgue is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe. The author leads us to investigate murders with a surprise ending.About Edgar Allan Poe.Born January 19, 1809, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. American short-story writer, poet, critic, and editor Edgar Allan Poes tales of mystery and horror initiated the modern detective story, and the atmosphere in his tales of horror is unrivaled in American fiction. His The Raven (1845) numbers among the best-known poems in national literature.

Ni Sherlock Holmes, ni Hercule Poirot ni ningún otro de los grandes detectives de la literatura y del cine habrían existido sin Auguste Dupin, el personaje con el que el genial y atormentado Edgar Allan Poe inauguro todo un genero: la novela policiaca.Aficionado a los enigmas y dotado de una asombrosa capacidad deductiva, Dupin resuelve casi sin moverse de casa los mas intrincados misterios, los crimenes que desconciertan a la policia y mantienen en vilo a todos los ciudadanos de Paris.

The full title of Edgar Allan Poes short story known as "King Pest" is King Pest: A Tale Containing an Allegory. One of Poes most bizarre short stories.

"Bon-Bon" is a comedic short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in December 1832 in the Philadelphia Saturday Courier. Originally called "The Bargain Lost", the story follows a man named Pierre Bon-Bon, who believes himself a profound philosopher, and his encounter with the Devil. The humor of the story is based on the verbal interchange between the two, which satirizes classical philosophers including Plato and Aristotle. The Devil reveals that he has eaten the souls of many of these philosophers.

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.

The story takes place in Hungary, between two rival families: the Metzengersteins and the Berlifitzings. The bitter enmity between the two families is so old that no one knows how far back it dates. The narrator states that its origin appears to rely on an old prophecy: "A lofty name shall have a fearful fall when, as the rider over his horse, the mortality of Metzengerstein shall triumph over the immortality of Berlifitzing."

This ebook compiles Edgar Allan Poes 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 Heart", "The Raven" and "The Cask of Amontillado". This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where youll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of that specific work.

Edgar Allan Poes short story, Mellonta Tauta, was originally published in 1849. It is presented as a collection of letters written by a woman during a balloon flight in 2848. Within the letters-directed to a personal friend-she compares contemporary science, philosophy, and customs to those of a thousand years previous, but frequently misinterprets and misunderstands the historic ideas and traditions to the point of absurdity. Hilarious and thought-provoking, Mellonta Tauta would make for a worthy addition to any bookshelf, and is not to be missed by fans of Poes seminal work.

"William Wilson" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1839, with a setting inspired by Poes formative years on the outskirts of London. The tale follows the theme of the doppelganger and is written in a style based on rationality. It also appeared in the 1840 collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, and has been adapted several times.

"Ligeia" (/ladi/) is an early short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1838. The story follows an unnamed narrator and his wife Ligeia, a beautiful and intelligent raven-haired woman. She falls ill, composes "The Conqueror Worm", and quotes lines attributed to Joseph Glanvill (which suggest that life is sustainable only through willpower) shortly before dying. After her death, the narrator marries the Lady Rowena. Rowena becomes ill and she dies as well. The distraught narrator stays with her body overnight and watches as Rowena slowly comes back from the dead though she has transformed into Ligeia. The story may be the narrators opium-induced hallucination and there is debate whether the story was a satire. After the storys first publication in The American Museum, it was heavily revised and reprinted throughout Poes life.

"Thou Art the Man", originally titled "Thou Art the Man!", is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1844. It is an early experiment in detective fiction,[1] like "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", though it is generally considered an inferior story.The plot involves a man wrongfully accused of murdering his uncle Barnabas Shuttleworthy, whose corpse is missing. An unnamed narrator finds the body, suspects the victims good friend Charles Goodfellow, and sets up an elaborate plot to expose him. The corpse appears to come back to life and points to the best friend, exclaiming "Thou art the man!" The title and the climactic line refer to the second Book of Samuel and also echo a line from the "Great Moon Hoax".

This ebook compiles Edgar Allan Poes 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 Heart", "The Raven" and "The Cask of Amontillado".This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where youll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of that specific work.

This collection of Poe's work contains some of the most exciting and haunting tales ever written. They range from the poetic to the mysterious and the darkly comic, yet all possess the genius of the grotesque that defines Poe's writing. The stories are so alive with compelling mysteries, vibrant images and unforgettably tormented characters, that it is easy to associate Edgar Allan Poe solely with entertainment and forget that he was also one of the greatest innovators in modern literature. This volume contains all of Poe's "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" and "Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque", and a selection of his poetry.

Marie Roget ? Oh ! une jeune fille bien sage ! Comment ? Sauvagement assassinée, dites-vous ? Mais par qui et pourquoi ? Et Mme L'Espanaye et sa fille, la discrétion même ! Jamais une histoire... jusqu'à ce qu'elles soient retrouvées mutilées par un atroce meurtrier. Quelle terrifiante idée ! On a tenté de cacher le pauvre corps de Mlle L'Espanaye dans le conduit d'une cheminée. Comment un être humain peut-il brusquement devenir une bête sanguinaire ? Pour seuls indices : cris, ombres et vêtements tachés de sang. Des meurtres qui vont donner du fil à retordre à M. Dupin et à son compagnon ! Edgar Allan Poe nous entraîne dans des enquêtes à faire pâlir d'horreur. Un conseil, ce soir, n'éteignez pas la lumière... on ne sait jamais.