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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

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2016
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The Works of Edgar Allan PoeVolume 1The Raven EditionCLASSIC GOTHIC HORRORThe great masters of imagination have seldom resorted to the vague and the unreal as sources of effect. They have not used dread and horror alone, but only in combination with other qualities, as means of subjugating the fancies of their readers. The loftiest muse has ever a household and fireside charm about her. Mr. Poe's secret lies mainly in the skill with which he has employed the strange fascination of mystery and terror. In this his success is so great and striking as to deserve the name of art, not artifice. We cannot call his materials the noblest or purest, but we must concede to him the highest merit of construction. CONTENTS EDGAR ALLAN POEDEATH OF EDGAR A. POETHE UNPARALLELED ADVENTURES OF ONE HANS PFAALLTHE GOLD-BUGFOUR BEASTS IN ONE--THE HOMO-CAMELEOPARDTHE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUETHE MYSTERY OF MARIE ROGETTHE BALLOON-HOAXMS. FOUND IN A BOTTLETHE OVAL PORTRAIT
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Mystery Tales of Edgar Allan Poe.NOVEL (Original Version)

Mystery Tales of Edgar Allan Poe.NOVEL (Original Version)

Edgar Allan Poe

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2016
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Edgar Allan Poe born Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 - October 7, 1849) was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and American literature as a whole, and he was one of the country's earliest practitioners of the short story. Poe is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre and is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. 1] He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career. Poe was born in Boston, the second child of two actors. His father abandoned the family in 1810, and his mother died the following year. Thus orphaned, the child was taken in by John and Frances Allan of Richmond, Virginia. They never formally adopted him, but Poe was with them well into young adulthood. Tension developed later as John Allan and Edgar repeatedly clashed over debts, including those incurred by gambling, and the cost of secondary education for the young man. Poe attended the University of Virginia for one semester but left due to lack of money. Poe quarreled with Allan over the funds for his education and enlisted in the Army in 1827 under an assumed name. It was at this time that his publishing career began, albeit humbly, with the anonymous collection of poems Tamerlane and Other Poems (1827), credited only to "a Bostonian". With the death of Frances Allan in 1829, Poe and Allan reached a temporary rapprochement. However, Poe later failed as an officer's cadet at West Point, declaring a firm wish to be a poet and writer, and he ultimately parted ways with John Allan.
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Edgar A. Poe: su vida y sus obras

Edgar A. Poe: su vida y sus obras

Charles Baudelaire

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2016
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Charles Pierre Baudelaire (9 de abril de 1821-31 de agosto de 1867) fue un poeta, cr tico de arte y traductor franc s. Paul Verlaine lo incluy entre los poetas malditos de Francia del siglo XIX, debido a su vida bohemia y de excesos, y a la visi n del mal que impregna su obra. Barbey d'Aurevilly, periodista y escritor franc s, dijo de l que fue el Dante de una poca decadente. Fue el poeta de mayor impacto en el simbolismo franc s. Las influencias m s importantes sobre l fueron Th ophile Gautier, Joseph de Maistre (de quien dijo que le hab a ense ado a pensar) y, en particular, Edgar Allan Poe, a quien tradujo extensamente. A menudo se le acredita de haber acu ado el t rmino modernidad (modernit ) para designar la experiencia fluctuante y ef mera de la vida en la metr polis urbana y la responsabilidad que tiene el arte de capturar esa experiencia.
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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe Vol.2

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe Vol.2

Edgar Allan Poe

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2016
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Monday, January 19, 2009 marked Edgar Allan Poe's 200th birthday. Though these tales need no introduction, the rationale for starting with volume two is threefold: many of the best-loved (and best) tales are included. No one else spins a Gothic tale of mystery & macabre quite like Edgar Allan Poe. In this collection of his stories you'll hear such famous Poe stories as "The Fall of the House of Usher", "The Masque of the Red Death", "The Pit and the Pendulum", and "The Tell-Tale Heart". Poe's popular stories and poems made him a living in his day and continue to be popular.
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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe Vol.5

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe Vol.5

Edgar Allan Poe

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2016
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Pollin and Ridgely have included the complete texts of all the reviews and articles Poe wrote for the Messenger (excluding a few texts published elsewhere in the series). Poe's writings are organized in chronological sections corresponding to the actual monthly issue, and each monthly section is further divided into logical subsections. The section for January 1836, for example, comprises an introductory "Headnote," a series of numbered "Texts," and a final subsection of informative "Notes." This method of organization provides a vivid picture of the month-to-month operations of the Messenger, where Poe worked as an editor (or editorial assistant) from 1835 to the beginning of 1837. Since this was Poe's first full-time job in the publishing industry, the book also provides a unique perspective on his origins as a critic and magazinist.
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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe: in Five Volumes contains The Masque of the Red Death, The Fall of the House of Usher

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe: in Five Volumes contains The Masque of the Red Death, The Fall of the House of Usher

Edgar Allan Poe

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2016
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EDGAR ALLAN POE... Undeniably one of the most famous and influential Gothic authors of all time, Edgar Allan Poe's dark, mystical and tragically romantic tales have been terrifying and enthralling readers for more than a hundred and fifty years. The Purloined Letter The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade A Descent into the Maelstr m. Von Kempelen and his Discovery Mesmeric Revelation The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar The Black Cat. The Fall of the House of Usher Silence-A Fable The Masque of the Red Death. The Cask of Amontillado. The Imp of the Perverse The Island of the Fay The Assignation The Pit and the Pendulum The Premature Burial The Domain of Arnheim Landor's Cottage William Wilson The Tell-Tale Heart. Berenice Eleonora
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The secret house. By: Edgar Wallace

The secret house. By: Edgar Wallace

Edgar Wallace

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2016
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Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 - 10 February 1932) was an English writer. Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at age 12. He joined the army at age 21 and was a war correspondent during the Second Boer War, for Reuters and the Daily Mail. Struggling with debt, he left South Africa, returned to London, and began writing thrillers to raise income, publishing books including The Four Just Men (1905). Drawing on his time as a reporter in the Congo, covering the Belgian atrocities, Wallace serialised short stories in magazines and later published collections such as Sanders of the River (1911). He signed with Hodder and Stoughton in 1921 and became an internationally recognised author. After an unsuccessful bid to stand as Liberal MP for Blackpool (as one of David Lloyd George's Independent Liberals) in the 1931 general election, Wallace moved to Hollywood, where he worked as a script writer for RKO studios. He died suddenly from undiagnosed diabetes, during the initial drafting of King Kong (1933). Wallace was such a prolific writer that one of his publishers claimed that a quarter of all books in England were written by him. 1] As well as journalism, Wallace wrote screen plays, poetry, historical non-fiction, 18 stage plays, 957 short stories, and over 170 novels, 12 in 1929 alone. More than 160 films have been made of Wallace's work. He is remembered for the creation of King Kong, as a writer of 'the colonial imagination', for the J. G. Reeder detective stories, and for the The Green Archer serial. He sold over 50 million copies of his combined works in various editions, and The Economist describes him as "one of the most prolific thriller writers of the 20th] century", although few of his books are still in print in the UK.
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The keepers of the king's peace. AFRICAN NOVEL By: Edgar Wallace

The keepers of the king's peace. AFRICAN NOVEL By: Edgar Wallace

Edgar Wallace

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2016
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Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 - 10 February 1932) was an English writer. Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at age 12. He joined the army at age 21 and was a war correspondent during the Second Boer War, for Reuters and the Daily Mail. Struggling with debt, he left South Africa, returned to London, and began writing thrillers to raise income, publishing books including The Four Just Men (1905). Drawing on his time as a reporter in the Congo, covering the Belgian atrocities, Wallace serialised short stories in magazines and later published collections such as Sanders of the River (1911). He signed with Hodder and Stoughton in 1921 and became an internationally recognised author. After an unsuccessful bid to stand as Liberal MP for Blackpool (as one of David Lloyd George's Independent Liberals) in the 1931 general election, Wallace moved to Hollywood, where he worked as a script writer for RKO studios. He died suddenly from undiagnosed diabetes, during the initial drafting of King Kong (1933). Wallace was such a prolific writer that one of his publishers claimed that a quarter of all books in England were written by him. 1] As well as journalism, Wallace wrote screen plays, poetry, historical non-fiction, 18 stage plays, 957 short stories, and over 170 novels, 12 in 1929 alone. More than 160 films have been made of Wallace's work. He is remembered for the creation of King Kong, as a writer of 'the colonial imagination', for the J. G. Reeder detective stories, and for the The Green Archer serial. He sold over 50 million copies of his combined works in various editions, and The Economist describes him as "one of the most prolific thriller writers of the 20th] century", although few of his books are still in print in the UK.
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The Four Just Men (NOVEL) By: Edgar Wallace (Original Classics)

The Four Just Men (NOVEL) By: Edgar Wallace (Original Classics)

Edgar Wallace

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2016
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The Four Just Men is a detective thriller published in 1905 by the British writer Edgar Wallace. The eponymous "Just Men" appear in several sequels.dgar Wallace formed the idea of The Four Just Men - four wealthy gentleman vigilantes (including a European prince) who punish wrong-doers who are beyond the reach of the Law - while returning to England in 1905. He had to create his own publishing company, Tallis, to publish it and decided to manage a 'guess the murder method' competition in the Daily Mail with a prize of 1,000 (equivalent in purchasing power to at least 93,000 in 2013). Wallace intended to advertise the book on an unprecedented scale, not just in Britain itself but across the Empire. He approached the proprietor, Lord Harmsworth for the loan of the 1,000 and was promptly refused, but Wallace pressed ahead anyway. His alarmed workmates at the Mail prevailed upon him to lower the prize money to 500: a 250 first prize, 200 second prize and 50 third prize, but were unable to restrain him in the privacy of his home. Wallace had advertisements placed on buses, hoardings, flyers, and so forth, running up an incredible bill of 2,000. Though he knew he needed the book to sell sufficient copies to make 2,500 before he saw any profit, Wallace was confident that this would be achieved in the first three months of the book going on sale, hopelessly underestimating the expenses.
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