Edgar Allan Poe

The Tell-Tale Heart

The Best of Edgar Allan Poe

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Produktbeschreibung

Edgar Allan Poe was one of America's greatest storytellers. His "The Tell-Tale Heart" is one of his most well known. This volume includes 15 of his other great stories, plus his famous poem, "The Raven." Known as one of the founders of the 'detective story' genre, Poe's morbid and macabre short stories continue to hold the attention of readers more than a hundred years after his death. Some of Poe's best short stories are included in this edition: "The "Tell-Tale Heart", "The Cask of Amontillado", "The Fall of the House of Usher", "The Pit and the Pendulum", "The Black Cat", "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", "The Purloined Letter", "Ms. Found in a Bottle", "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar", "The Premature Burial", "The Masque of Red Death", "The Balloon Hoax", "William Wilson", "The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether", and last but not least, "Hop Frog." Bonus: the poem, "The Raven."

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Suzeteo Enterprises
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 462g
• ISBN-13: 9781947844605
• ISBN-10: 1947844601
• Artikelnr.: 53949922

Autorenporträt

Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer often credited with inventing the detective fiction genre. Born to two poor actors in 1809, Poe was orphaned by age two as his father left in 1810 and his mother died the following year. Edgar Poe was taken in by a wealthy family-John and Francis Allan-though he was never formally adopted. Poe's desire to be a poet and writer eventually ended his relationship with John Allan and contributed to his lifelong struggle to find acceptance and financial stability.Widely considered to be one of the most influential writers of the 19th century, Poe redefined many aspects of horror, science fiction, and mystery writing, especially with his introduction of the first written fictional detective character, C. Augustine Dupin, bestowing Poe with the title: "The Father of Detective Fiction." In fact, many of the first readers of Poe's detective stories were under the impression that Poe's detective stories were nonfiction news articles because the analytical procession of this fictional genre was so unfamiliar.It is not known exactly what caused Poe's premature death at the age of 40 in 1849, though his impact on the literary world is undeniable.