Edgar Poe was born the son of itinerant actors on January 19th, 1809 in Boston, Massachusets. Abandoned by his father and the later death of his mother, he was taken into the foster care of John Allan, a Virginia tobacco farmer. Now styled as Edgar…
Edgar Allan Poe är inte bara den moderna detektivromanens fader, med berättelser som »Morden på rue Morgue« och »Det försnillade brevet«, där Auguste Dupin med sin logiska slutledningsförmåga löser mysterier även hans gotiska skräckberättelser har b…
I den här asken samlas fyra skräcknoveller: En mörk fantasyhistoria där två ungdomar försvinner spårlöst under lucianatten. Två gamla vänners dolda hemlighet som mitt i den glittrande skärgårdsidyllen plötsligt gör sig påmind och hotar att ta livet…
Explore the transcendent world of unity and ultimate beauty in Edgar Allan Poe's verse in this complete poetry collection. Although best known for his short stories, Edgar Allan Poe was by nature and choice a poet. From his exquisite lyric "To Helen…
Vad är det som rör sig där ute i mörkret? Vad är det som viskar och rispar mot ditt fönster? Är det en knotig gren i den kalla kvällsvinden, eller är det något annat?Frågan du borde ställa dig är: Vågar du dig in bland de tolv skräcknoveller som göm…
Denna volym innehåller samtliga noveller av Edgar Allan Poe, från de mest välkända, såsom Den svarta katten och Morden på Rue Morgue, till de aldrig tidigare översatta och obskyrt experimentella novellerna.Tillsammans ger dessa noveller ett panorama…
The creepiest stories (and poems) from the master of horror, Edgar Allan Poe. We couldn't decide on just 10, so we actually included 11 of Edgar Allan Poe's works Enjoy such Edgar Allan Poe classics as: The Raven The Tell Tale Heart The Cask of A…
Part of the Timeless Classics series, The Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe contains every know tale written by the famous gothic American writer. His often macabre and dark works, which span the years from 1827 to his death in 1849, include…
Klassiker i serieformTecknade klassiker tolkar några av Sveriges främsta serietecknare skönlitterära spänningsnoveller. När Edgar Allan Poes skräcknoveller gavs ut i mitten av 1800-talet väckte de sensation. Han var den förste riktiga skräckförfatta…
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…
Edgar Allan Poe kallas inte sällan för skräckens mästare och i novellen Huset Ushers undergång, ett av 1800-talsförfattarens mest berömda verk, står det tydligt klart varför. Den skräckinjagande berättelsen om poeten Usher och hans hemsökta slott hå…
Huset Ushers undergång är en av Edgar Allan Poes mest välkända noveller. Den publicerades första gången 1839 i tidskriften Burton's Gentleman's Magazine. Novellen ingår även i samlingen Den svarta katten och andra noveller. EDGAR ALLAN POE föddes i…
Vem har inte hundra gånger kommit på sig med att handla på ett lumpet eller enfaldigt sätt av den enda anledningen att man vet att man inte borde göra det? Har vi inte en ständig förkärlek för att, stick i stäv mot vårt goda omdöme, bryta mot vad re…
'Presently I heard a slight groan, and I knew it was a groan of mortal terror ... the low stifled sound that arises from the bottom of the soul.' Stories about murder, mystery and madness, portraying the author's feverish imagination at its creative…
Edgar Allan Poe remains the unsurpassed master of works of mystery and madness in this outstanding collection of Poe's prose and poetry are sixteen of his finest tales, including "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", "The Fall of t…
This edition includes well-known stories such as "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue." Eye-catching, full-page images by Harry Clarke accompany every story, with additional vignettes throughout the book. The book is p…
Men i morgon ska jag dö, och i dag vill jag lätta på de bördor som tynger min själ. Skräcknovellens mästare, Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), är troligen den amerikanska författare som haft störst betydelse för litteraturens utveckling. Hans unika, senr…
"The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story." David R. Hill, Director of the Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading.
A murderer is forced to reveal his crime by the sound of a beating heart, a mysterious figure wreaks havoc among a party of noblemen during the time of the plague, a grieving lover awakens to find himself clutching a box of his beloved blood-stained…
En skräckens mästare, en kontroversiell och självutlämnande poet, en jazzålderns främste skildrare och en skarpögd och älskad samtidsförfattare - här hittar du fyra amerikanska storheters sällsamma och suggestiva berättelser om livet och döden, om d…
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A collection of verse from one of America's greatest writers, the undisputed master of Gothic horror, and a true literary pioneer. In this anthology, readers will find a full range of Poe's poetry and prose poems. The mysterious and lyrical 'The Ra…
The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether
The Fall of the House of Usher, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Pit and the Pendulum,The Gold-Bug - some of the most famous tales of terror and the most macabre detective stories ever written. Acknowledged master of suspense, Poe was also a poet…
This selection of Poe's critical writings, short fiction and poetry demonstrates an intense interest in aesthetic issues and the astonishing power and imagination with which he probed the darkest corners of the human mind. The Fall of the House of U…
He is fond of enigmas, of conundrums, hieroglyphics; exhibiting in his solutions of each a degree of acumen which appears to the ordinary apprehension praeternatural.
Poes essäer, som här för första gången presenteras på svenska i ett substansiellt urval, kompletterar och fördjupar bilden av häxmästaren. Poe skriver om hur man bör konstruera en dikt, om hur Maelzels berömda schackautomat fungerade, om hur katter…
This hair-raising collection includes eight of the most ingenious and gripping tales by the great master of suspense and creator of the American Gothic horror story. Includes "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Tell-Tale Heart," "William Wilson,"…
Edgar Allan Poe's gift for the macabre influenced Baudelaire and French symbolism, Freudian analysis, the detective novel and the Hollywood film. His psychologically profound stories, which comprise this book, represent the darker side of the 19th-c…
Edgar Allan Poe's gift for the macabre-his genius in finding the strangeness lurking at the heart of things-was so extraordinary that he exerted a major influence on Baudelaire and French symbolism, on Freudian analysis, and also on the detective no…
The Edgar Allan Poe Collection (2020) compiles several iconic works of short fiction and poetry by an icon of American literature. Recognized as a foundational figure of nineteenth century fiction, Poe has inspired generations of readers and writers…
Probably the most important single figure in nineteenth century American literature, Edgar Allan Poe (1809-49) exerted an enormous influence over later writers, especially French Symbolist poets, including Baudelaire and Mallarme, and through them h…
The Portable Poe compiles Poe's greatest writings: tales of fantasy, terror, death, revenge, murder, and mystery, including "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Cask of Amontillado," and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue,"…
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These stories and poems come from the mind of one of the earliest masters of macabre literature. From the mysterious to the macabre, the works of Edgar Allan Poe have the power to evoke readers' deepest emotions. Poe's stories and poems explore the…
A stowaway aboard the New England whaler Grampus, young Arthur Gordon Pym finds himself an unwilling passenger on an extraordinary voyage. Edgar Allan Poe's only novel, first published in 1838, recounts the incredible adventures and discoveries of P…
When Edgar Allan Poe's only novella was first published in 1838, the reviews were slow in coming and dismissive when they arrived. The book's failure left Poe in such dire financial straits that he even accepted a job at one of the magazines that ha…
Poe found the germ of the story he would develop into ARTHUR GORDON PYM in 1836 in a newspaper account of the shipwreck and subsequent rescue of the two men on board. Published in 1838, this rousing sea adventure follows New England boy, Pym, who st…
One of the greatest writers of the gothic fantastic, Poe's dark, masterful stories inspired a generation of writers. With his macabre twists of fate and fascination with science and invention his work led to the detective stories of Sherlock Holmes,…
The Raven FULLY ILLUSTRATED Edgar Allan Poe Illustrated by Gustave Dor
Och ser du, en natt drev det mig åter att planlöst ströva genom Kleinstadts tysta gator? Ingenstans i världen är det så hemskt som i denna stadsdel. Man viker in på en gata och ser endast ett dött mörker, då sticker ur en fönsterspringa en spöklik l…
Do your students enjoy a good laugh? Do they like to be scared? Or do they just like a book with a happy ending? No matter what their taste, our Creative Short Stories series has the answer.We've taken some of the world's best stories from dark, mus…
The Masque of the Red Death By Edgar Allan Poe
The Masque of the Red Death (+Biography and Bibliography) (5X8po Glossy Cover Finish): " 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…
The Masque of the Red Death (+Biography and Bibliography) (6X9po Matte Cover Finish): " 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 s…
The Masque of the Red Death (+Biography and Bibliography) (5X8po Matte Cover Finish): " 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 s…
The story takes place at the castellated abbey of the "happy and dauntless and sagacious" Prince Prospero. Prospero and one thousand other nobles have taken refuge in this walled abbey to escape the Red Death, a terrible plague with gruesome symptom…
The Masque of the Red Death (+Biography and Bibliography) (6X9po Glossy Cover Finish): " 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…
Möt fyra författare som alla är mästare på att fånga det krypande obehagliga, men på helt olika sätt. Berättelserna sträcker sig från 1800-talets gotiska skräckromantik i Edgar Allan Poes klassiker Den svarta katten, fram till John Ajvide Lindqvists…
Poems of Later Life Dedication Preface The Raven The Bells Ulalume To Helen Annabel Lee A Valentine An Enigma To My Mother For Annie To F-- To Frances S. Osgood Eldorado Eulalie A Dream Within a Dream To Marie Louise (Shew) To The Same The City in t…
This collection of Edgar Allan Poe short stories contains: THE TELL-TALE HEART, THE RAVEN, THE BLACK CAT, LIGEIA, THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER, WILLIAM WILSON, THE PURLOINED LETTER, THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM and THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE.Every…
Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) was one of the leading illustrators from the golden age of British book illustration. Fairy-tale and fantasy were his forte and in later life he responded to the dark stimulus of Poe's gothic tales with gleeful appreciatio…
This gorgeous anthology features 29 of Edgar Allan Poe's tales of the fantastic and the macabre. It combines some of his most popular stories -- including "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" -- with lesser-known gems…
Republished in a form suitable for students and general readers alike.
With an Introduction by John S. Whitley, University of Sussex.This collection of Poe's best stories contains all the terrifying and bewildering tales that characterise his work. As well as the Gothic horror of such famous stories as 'The Pit and the…
An apartment on the rue Morgue turned into a charnel house; the corpse of a shopgirl dragged from the Seine; a high-stakes game of political blackmail-three mysteries that have enthralled the whole of Paris, and baffled the city's police. The brilli…
Edgar Allan Poe hizo lo que ning n escritor norteamericano hab a hecho antes: liberar las terribles im genes que atesora el subconsciente para dejarlas caminar en sus p ginas. Ligeia, La ca da de la Casa Usher, El escarabajo de oro, El hombre de la…
Edgar Allan Poe: Ett fat amontillado. En bok med utvalda berättelser av skräckmästaren Edgar Allan Poe i nyöversättning av Måns Winberg. Volymen innehåller: Ett fat amontillado, Det skvallrande hjärtat, Levande begravd, William Wilson, Korpen och Ko…
Edgar Allan Poe is credited with having pioneered the short story, having perfected the tale of psychological horror, and having revolutionised modern poetics. The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar is part of BarnesNoble's Leatherbound Classics. Thi…
