Best of Edgar Allan Poe Meistererzählungen Band 36: Landors Landhaus

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In the following pages, we have a fresh example of an artist's genius characterizing his interpretation of a famous poem. Gustave Doré, the last work of whose pencil is before us, was not the painter, or even the draughtsman, for realists demanding truth of tone, figure, and perfection. Such matters concerned him less than to make shape and distance, light and shade, assist his purpose, -which was to excite the soul, the imagination, of the looker on. This he did by arousing our sense of awe, through marvellous and often sublime conceptions of things unutterable and full of gloom or glory. It is well said that if his works were not great paintings, as pictures they are great indeed. As a "literary artist, " and such he was, his force was in direct ratio with the dramatic invention of his author, with the brave audacities of the spirit that kindled his own.

The Raven illustrated by Gustave Doré

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Nouvelles histoires extraordinaires

This   carefully crafted ebook: "The Best of Edgar Allan Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart,   The Fall of the House of Usher, The Cask of Amontillado, The Pit and the   Pendulum, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Masque of the Red Death, The Black Cat,   The Murders in the Rue Morgue" contains the Best Tales of Edgar Allan Poe in   one volume and is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed   table of contents.
The Tell-Tale Heart (1843)
Is a short story told by an unnamed narrator who endeavors to convince the   reader of his sanity, while describing a murder he committed. The murder is   carefully calculated, and the murderer hides the body by dismembering it and   hiding it under the floorboards. 
Fall of the House of Usher (1839) 
As in all of Poe's short stories, "The Fall of the House of Usher"   concentrates on a "single effect", in this case, the degeneration and decay   of the Usher house and family.
The Cask of Amontillado (1846)
The story is set in a nameless Italian city in an unspecified year and is   about the narrator's deadly revenge on a friend who, he believes, has   insulted him. The narrative revolves around a person being buried alive-in   this case, by immurement.
The Pit and the Pendulum (1842)
The short story is about the torments endured by a prisoner of the Spanish   Inquisition, though Poe skews historical facts. The narrator of the story   describes his experience of being tortured. 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 Tell-Tale Heart (1843) 
It is told by an unnamed narrator who endeavors to convince the reader of   his sanity, while describing a murder he committed. The murder is carefully   calculated, and the murderer hides the body by dismembering it and hiding it   under the floorboards. Ultimately the narrator's guilt manifests itself in   the form of the sound - possibly hallucinatory - of the old man's heart still   beating under the floorboards.
The Masque of the Red Death (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 disguised as a Red Death victim enters and makes his way through each   of the rooms.
The Black Cat (1843)
It is a study of the psychology of guilt, often paired in analysis with   Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart". In both, a murderer carefully conceals   his crime and believes himself unassailable, but eventually breaks down and   reveals himself, impelled by a nagging reminder of his guilt.
The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841)
It has been recognized as the first detective story. C. Auguste Dupin is a   man in Paris who solves the mystery of the brutal murder of two women.   Numerous witnesses heard a suspect, though no one agrees on what language was   spoken. At the murder scene, Dupin finds a hair that does not appear to be human.
American author Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849) defined the genre of macabre   story-telling in the first half of the 19th century. Poe, known for   psychologically thrilling tales with morbid undertones, is generally   considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre. He is further   credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction.

The Best of Edgar Allan Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Cask of Amontillado, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Masque of the Red Death, The Black Cat, The Murders in the Rue Morgue

Nouvelles Histoires Extraordinaires

This mesmerising, macabre collection contains Edgar Allan Poe's best-known poetry, including 'The Raven', 'Annabel Lee' and 'Lenore', and a selection of his very best stories, along with his finest tales from the last decade of his tragically short life. Many of these stories and poems explore the familiar Poe themes of murder, obsession and love, but this volume also contains many overlooked tales of the fantastic, black comedies, parodies and hoaxes, such as 'The Unparalleled Adventure of Hans Pfaall', 'Mesmeric Revolution', 'Hop-Frog', and 'The Imp of the Perverse'. This beautiful Macmillan Collector's Library edition of Tales and Poems features an afterword by David Pinching. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.

Tales and Poems

Fantasy and reality collide when an unnamed narrator believes his beloved wife, Ligeia, has risen from the dead. "Ligeia" was one of Edgar Allan Poe's first published short stories, and spurred much debate as to the symbolism of Ligeia's death and supposed resurrection. A pioneer of the short story genre, Poe's stories typically captured themes of the macabre and included elements of the mysterious. His better-known stories include "The Fall of the House of Usher", "The Pit and the Pendulum", "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", "The Masque of the Red Death" and "The Tell-Tale Heart". HarperCollins brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperCollins short-stories collection to build your digital library.

Ligeia - Short Story

Der Untergang des Hauses Usher ist eine Kurzgeschichte des amerikanischen Autors Edgar Allan Poe aus dem Jahr 1839.

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