A pioneer of the short-story genre, American author Edgar Allan Poe was an accomplished storyteller and poet who created haunting and macabre works that are enduring and influential more than 150 years after his death. Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales and Poems includes all of the master's short stories and poetic works, including "The Raven", "The Pit and the Pendulum", "Annabel Lee," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", "Lenore", and "The Fall of the...

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 stories to scholarly essays on such diverse topics as the English language and furniture, this ultimate collection includes works like "The Raven, "Annabel Lee," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Philosophy of Composition,"...

The importance of Edgar Allan Poe to literary history can hardly be exaggerated; his genius and originality, both in terms of language and technique, influenced the French Symbolists of the late 19th century and thus changed the course of modern literature. Although chiefly remembered for his short stories, poetry was his first love, and this magnificently decorated edition presents Poe's complete poems in addition to his most important critical essays...

Edgar Allen Poe is regarded as one of the greatest American writers and a pioneer of the horror genre, and this collection brings together some of his most celebrated tales. Themes of guilt, fear and revenge abound as the master of gothic horror transports readers to mysterious worlds, carries them on dangerous sea voyages, and investigates gruesome murders. Exploring the hidden depths of the human mind, these are tales full of thrills and intrigue. Includes: •...

Extrait: "Mon nom est Arthur Gordon Pym. Mon père était un respectable commerçant dans les fournitures de la marine, à Nantucket, o je suis né. Mon aïeul maternel était attorney, avec une belle clientèle. Il avait de la chance en toutes choses, et il fit plusieurs spéculations très heureuses sur les fonds de l'Edgarton New Bank, lors de sa création."

'It was unnecessary for all to perish, when, by the death of one, it was possible, and even probable, that the rest might be finally preserved.' Travelling aboard a whaling vessel, a young stowaway is swept up in myriad misadventures - mutiny, shipwreck, cannibalism - narrowly escaping numerous brushes with death. This rousing story of a daring sea voyage also presents its antihero with a host of psychological dilemmas, and offers an important insight...

In this graphic novel edition of The Fall of the House of Usher, Raul Garcia adapts his animated short, The Fall of the House of Usher, now streaming on Prime Video, and as a part of the animated feature Extraordinary Tales. A traveler arrives at the Usher mansion to visit his old friend, Roderick Usher. Upon arriving, however, he discovers that Roderick and his sister, Madeline, have been afflicted with a mysterious malady: Roderick's senses have...

Mit scharfer Kombinationsgabe klärt Auguste Dupin einen rätselhaften Doppelmord in der Pariser Rue Morgue auf. Die 1841 veröffentlichte Kurzgeschichte ist Poes erste Detektivgeschichte und steht damit am Beginn der modernen Kriminalliteratur. Die Ausgabe bietet den Text in der bewährten Übersetzung von Siegfried Schmitz. Mit Worterläuterungen, weiterführenden Literaturhinweisen und einer kurzen Nachbemerkung.

Une édition de référence du Corbeau d'Edgar Allan Poe, traduit par Stéphane Mallarmé, spécialement conçue pour la lecture sur les supports numériques. « Ardemment je souhaitais le jour – vainement j'avais cherché d'emprunter à mes livres un sursis au chagrin – au chagrin de la Lénore perdue – de la rare et rayonnante jeune fille que les anges nomment Lénore : – de nom pour elle ici, non, jamais plus ! Et de la soie l'incertain...

Découvrez l'univers sombre et envoûtant d'Edgar Allan Poe à travers son recueil de poèmes captivant. Plongez dans les profondeurs de l'âme humaine, explorant les thèmes de l'amour, de la mort, de la folie et du mystère. Les poèmes d'Edgar Allan Poe sont empreints d'une atmosphère gothique et macabre, transportant le lecteur dans des paysages poétiques hantés par des images saisissantes. Son écriture précise et évocatrice crée une tension...