American Horror: Five Terrifying Tales

by Allan Edgar

Book + CD

Mystery & horror

Edgar Allan Poe is one of the first masters of modern short stories and modernist poetry. But he is best remembered for his strange style of horror, with characters who cannot be forgotten. A man who drains away his wife’s life to make his painting seem alive; an animal lover who becomes obsessed by a cat; a young man obsessed by an old man’s blue eye; and a man hypnotized just before he dies who then…

Dossiers:
Poe’s scientific imagination, Poe as pop icon, Poe’s America

112 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[its carly ;) · Rating 4 out of 5]

good adaptions for a b2 level, there are some words that i’d say that are more a c1 even c2 level. although that it was an amazing reading and it sort of hooked me into each story.

[Paula · Rating 4 out of 5]

Si es verdad que no le pongo 5 estrellas es porque hay historias que no me han encantado, por lo cual le baja la puntuación. Mi favorita creo que sería la 4°historia (the oval portrait), si es verdad que solo tenía una parte, pero es la que más me ha gustado. Y la que menos me ha gustado y la mayor causante de las 4 estrellas es la última (the tell-tale heart (creo)). Me ha puesto muy nerviosa (sé que ese es el propósito), pero no me ha terminado de gustar ni de enganchar y quería terminarla ya nada más empezar porque me estaba pareciendo muy pesada y aburrida y el tío un idiota con todas las letras.

[Namiko · Rating 4 out of 5]

I realized how much I like his stories!