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Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque Edgar Allan Poe

Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

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2017
nidottu
The epithets "Grotesque" and "Arabesque" will be found to indicate with sufficient precision the prevalent tenor of the tales here published. But from the fact that, during a period of some two or three years, I have written five-and-twenty short stories whose general character may be so briefly defined, it cannot be fairly inferred - at all events it is not truly inferred - that I have, for this species of writing, any inordinate, or indeed any peculiar taste or prepossession. I may have written with an eye to this republication in volume form, and may, therefore, have desired to preserve, as far as a certain point, a certain unity of design. This is, indeed, the fact; and it may even happen that, in this manner, I shall never compose anything again. I speak of these things here, because I am led to think it is this prevalence of the "Arabesque" in my serious tales, which has induced one or two critics to tax me, in all friendliness, with what they have been pleased to term "Germanism" and gloom. The charge is in bad taste, and the grounds of the accusation have not been sufficiently considered.
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The Pit and the Pendulum Edgar Allan Poe

The Pit and the Pendulum Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

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2017
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"The Pit and the Pendulum" is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1842. The story is about the torments endured by a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition, though Poe skews historical facts. The narrator of the story is deemed guilty for an unnamed crime and put into a completely dark room. He passes out while trying to determine the size of the room. When he wakes up, he realizes there is a large, deep pit in the middle of the room. He loses consciousness again and awakens strapped on his back, unable to move more than his head. He soon realizes there is a large blade-like pendulum hanging above him, slowly getting closer to cutting through his chest. He finds a way to escape but the walls of his prison start to move and close in on him, pushing him closer and closer to falling into the pit. The story is especially effective at inspiring fear in the reader because of its heavy focus on the senses, such as sound, emphasizing its reality, unlike many of Poe's stories which are aided by the supernatural. The traditional elements established in popular horror tales at the time are followed but critical reception has been mixed.
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The Purloined Letter Edgar Allan Poe

The Purloined Letter Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

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2017
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"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, the other two being "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Mystery of Marie Rog t". These stories are considered to be important early forerunners of the modern detective story. It first appeared in The Gift for 1845 (1844) and was soon reprinted in numerous journals and newspapers.
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The Masque of the Red Death Edgar Allan Poe

The Masque of the Red Death Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

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2017
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"The Masque of the Red Death", originally published as "The Mask of the Red Death", is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1842. The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague known as the Red Death by hiding in his abbey. He, along with many other wealthy nobles, has a masquerade ball within seven rooms of his abbey, each decorated with a different color. In the midst of their revelry, a mysterious figure enters and makes his way through each of the rooms. When Prospero confronts this stranger, he falls dead. The story follows many traditions of Gothic fiction and is often analyzed as an allegory about the inevitability of death, though some critics advise against an allegorical reading. Many different interpretations have been presented, as well as attempts to identify the true nature of the disease of the "Red Death."
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The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade Edgar Allan Poe

The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

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2017
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HAVING had occasion, lately, in the course of some Oriental investigations, to consult the Tellmenow Isits ornot, a work which (like the Zohar of Simeon Jochaides) is scarcely known at all, even in Europe, and which has never been quoted, to my knowledge, by any American - if we except, perhaps, the author of the "Curiosities of American Literature;" - having had occasion, I say, to turn over some pages of the first-mentioned very remarkable work, I was not a little astonished to discover that the literary world has hitherto been strangely in error respecting the fate of the vizier's daughter, Scheherazade, as that fate is depicted in the "Arabian Nights"; and that the denou ment there given, if not altogether inaccurate, as far as it goes, is at least to blame in not having gone very much farther.
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The Cask of Amontillado Edgar Allan Poe

The Cask of Amontillado Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

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2017
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"The Cask of Amontillado" (sometimes spelled "The Casque of Amontillado") is a short story, written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in the November 1846 issue of Godey's Lady's Book. The story is set in a nameless Italian city in an unspecified year (possibly sometime during the eighteenth century) and concerns the deadly revenge taken by the narrator on a friend who he claims has insulted him. Like several of Poe's stories, and in keeping with the 19th-century fascination with the subject, the narrative revolves around a person being buried alive - in this case, by immurement.
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Tales (1846) by: Edgar Allan Poe

Tales (1846) by: Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

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2017
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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. He was the CONTENTS. The Gold-Bug 1 The Black Cat 37 Mesmeric Revelation 47 Lionizing 58 The Fall of the House of Usher 64 A Descent into the Maelstr m 83 The Colloquy of Monos and Una 100 The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion 110 The Murders in the Rue Morgue 119 The Mystery of Marie Roget 151 The Purloined Letter 200 The Man in the Crowd 219
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The Works Of Edgar Allan Poe: Volume II

The Works Of Edgar Allan Poe: Volume II

Edgar Allan Poe

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2017
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Edgar Allan Poe 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. 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 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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The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe Illustrated by Gustave Doré

The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe Illustrated by Gustave Doré

Edgar Allan Poe

SLG Publishing
2020
pokkari
A mysterious talking raven pays a visit to a man who is distraught from the loss of his lover. The man, aching over the death of his dear Lenore, is upset and distressed by the bird who repeats one word;Nevermore.Steeped in stylized, but dark prose and written in an almost musical style Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven is a bleak, mesmerizing journey through one man's depression and madness. Illustrated by Gustave Dor , the master woodcut artist gives the poem the rich but despondent feel which perfectly accompanies this classic poem.A reproduction of an 1884 version of an illustrated edition of Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven. Illustrated by Gustave Dor the art in the original books was produced in woodcuts. This edition digitally alters and cleans up the images for digital printing.
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Raven by Edgar Allan Poe Illustrated by Gustave Doré

Raven by Edgar Allan Poe Illustrated by Gustave Doré

Edgar Allan Poe

SLG Publishing
2020
sidottu
A mysterious talking raven pays a visit to a man who is distraught from the loss of his lover. The man, aching over the death of his dear Lenore, is upset and distressed by the bird who repeats one word;Nevermore.Steeped in stylized, but dark prose and written in an almost musical style Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven is a bleak, mesmerizing journey through one man's depression and madness. Illustrated by Gustave Dor , the master woodcut artist gives the poem the rich but despondent feel which perfectly accompanies this classic poem.A reproduction of an 1884 version of an illustrated edition of Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven. Illustrated by Gustave Dor the art in the original books was produced in woodcuts. This edition digitally alters and cleans up the images for digital printing.
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