Edgar Allan Poe

A Tale of the Ragged Mountains (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This early work by Edgar Allan Poe was originally published in 1843. Born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1809, Poe became an orphan at a very early age. After being taken in by a couple in Richmond, he spent a brief spell in the United Kingdom before returning to enrol at the University of Virginia. Poe struggled for many years to make a living as a writer and frequently had to move city to stay in employment as a critic. Even for his greatest success, 'The Raven', he only received $9 and, although becoming a household name, his financial position remained far from stable. Poe died in 1849, aged just 40, yet his legacy is a formidable one: He is seen today as one of the greatest practitioners of Gothic and detective fiction that ever lived, and popular culture is replete with references to him. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Read Books Ltd.
• Seitenzahl: 20
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781473377547
• Artikelnr.: 44374171

Autorenporträt

Edgar Allan Poe was an American poet, short story writer, playwright, editor, critic, essayist and one of the leaders of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of the macabre and mystery, Poe was one of the early American practitioners of the short story and a progenitor of detective fiction and crime fiction. He is also credited with contributing to the emergent science fiction genre.Poe died at the age of 40. The cause of his death is undetermined and has been attributed to alcohol, drugs, cholera, rabies, suicide (although likely to be mistaken with his suicide attempt in the previous year), tuberculosis, heart disease, brain congestion and other agents. Other Books of Author: . The Tell-Tale Heart (1843) . The Raven (1845) . The Fall of the House of Usher (1839) . The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841) . The Pit and the Pendulum (1842) . Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (1840) . The Cask of Amontillado (1846) . The Masque of the Red Death (1842) . The Purloined Letter (1844) . A Descent into the Maelström (1841)