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20 Best Stories By - Edgar Allan Poe
Paperback. 10,70 / 18,00 cm. In English. 360 p. "Let him talk," said Dupin, who had not thought it necessary to reply. "Let him discourse; it will ease his conscience, I am satisfied with having defeated him in his own castle. Nevertheless, that he failed in the solution of this mystery, is by no means that matter for wonder which he supposes it; for, in truth, our friend the Prefect is somewhat too cunning to be profound. ˗˗ The Murders In The Rue Morgue There are chords in the hearts of the most reckless which cannot be touched without emotion. Even with the utterly lost, to whom life and death are equally jests, there are matters of which no jest can be made. ˗˗ The Masque Of The Red Death
360 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2021
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Edgar Allan Poe
9,896 books28.6k followersThe name Poe brings to mind images of murderers and madmen, premature burials, and mysterious women who return from the dead. His works have been in print since 1827 and include such literary classics as The Tell-Tale Heart, The Raven, and The Fall of the House of Usher. This versatile writer’s oeuvre includes short stories, poetry, a novel, a textbook, a book of scientific theory, and hundreds of essays and book reviews. He is widely acknowledged as the inventor of the modern detective story and an innovator in the science fiction genre, but he made his living as America’s first great literary critic and theoretician. Poe’s reputation today rests primarily on his tales of terror as well as on his haunting lyric poetry.
Just as the bizarre characters in Poe’s stories have captured the public imagination so too has Poe himself. He is seen as a morbid, mysterious figure lurking in the shadows of moonlit cemeteries or crumbling castles. This is the Poe of legend. But much of what we know about Poe is wrong, the product of a biography written by one of his enemies in an attempt to defame the author’s name.
The real Poe was born to traveling actors in Boston on January 19, 1809. Edgar was the second of three children. His other brother William Henry Leonard Poe would also become a poet before his early death, and Poe’s sister Rosalie Poe would grow up to teach penmanship at a Richmond girls’ school. Within three years of Poe’s birth both of his parents had died, and he was taken in by the wealthy tobacco merchant John Allan and his wife Frances Valentine Allan in Richmond, Virginia while Poe’s siblings went to live with other families. Mr. Allan would rear Poe to be a businessman and a Virginia gentleman, but Poe had dreams of being a writer in emulation of his childhood hero the British poet Lord Byron. Early poetic verses found written in a young Poe’s handwriting on the backs of Allan’s ledger sheets reveal how little interest Poe had in the tobacco business.
For more information, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_al...
Just as the bizarre characters in Poe’s stories have captured the public imagination so too has Poe himself. He is seen as a morbid, mysterious figure lurking in the shadows of moonlit cemeteries or crumbling castles. This is the Poe of legend. But much of what we know about Poe is wrong, the product of a biography written by one of his enemies in an attempt to defame the author’s name.
The real Poe was born to traveling actors in Boston on January 19, 1809. Edgar was the second of three children. His other brother William Henry Leonard Poe would also become a poet before his early death, and Poe’s sister Rosalie Poe would grow up to teach penmanship at a Richmond girls’ school. Within three years of Poe’s birth both of his parents had died, and he was taken in by the wealthy tobacco merchant John Allan and his wife Frances Valentine Allan in Richmond, Virginia while Poe’s siblings went to live with other families. Mr. Allan would rear Poe to be a businessman and a Virginia gentleman, but Poe had dreams of being a writer in emulation of his childhood hero the British poet Lord Byron. Early poetic verses found written in a young Poe’s handwriting on the backs of Allan’s ledger sheets reveal how little interest Poe had in the tobacco business.
For more information, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_al...
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July 14, 2023
MK publications a gerçekten teşekkürler. Poe’num neredeyse tüm öykülerini biliyorum fakat orjinal dilinde okumak çok başkaymış. Yayınevinin diğer ingilizce kitaplarını da mutlaka değerlendireceğim.
Poe için söylenebilecek çok şey var ama zaten bilen bilir. Karanlıkların derinliklerinden gelen hikayeleri zaman zaman ürperten zaman zaman şaşırtan sonlarıyla beni hep etkilemiştir.
Özellikle Tell-tale heart ve The murders in the rue morg oldukça harika öyküler. Dupin karakterinin ünlü dedektif Sherlock Holmes’un atası olduğunu da belirtmek gerekir. Arthur Conan Doyle bu şekilde açıklamıştır.
Poe’nun karanlık edebiyatı kitapseverlerin kesinlikle bir dönem dalması gereken bir alan. Hatta ingilizceniz elveriyorsa orjinal dilinde okumanızı öneririm.
Poe için söylenebilecek çok şey var ama zaten bilen bilir. Karanlıkların derinliklerinden gelen hikayeleri zaman zaman ürperten zaman zaman şaşırtan sonlarıyla beni hep etkilemiştir.
Özellikle Tell-tale heart ve The murders in the rue morg oldukça harika öyküler. Dupin karakterinin ünlü dedektif Sherlock Holmes’un atası olduğunu da belirtmek gerekir. Arthur Conan Doyle bu şekilde açıklamıştır.
Poe’nun karanlık edebiyatı kitapseverlerin kesinlikle bir dönem dalması gereken bir alan. Hatta ingilizceniz elveriyorsa orjinal dilinde okumanızı öneririm.
September 7, 2025
-The Gold-Bug
I really was invested in this story, it was engaging and detailed. Especially the way the story was unfolding was fantastic. 5/5
-The Murders In The Rue Morgue
It was an explicit and very detailed story, which I have mixed feelings about. That all i want to say.
-The Oval Portrait
I think this was an okey story, ending was impactful though. 3.5/5
-The Black Cat
4/5, Justice for cats.
-The Premature Burial, 7/10
-The Tell-Tale Heart, 7/10
Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2kk...
Overall i love the author but I am gonna have to read some of them again.
I really was invested in this story, it was engaging and detailed. Especially the way the story was unfolding was fantastic. 5/5
-The Murders In The Rue Morgue
It was an explicit and very detailed story, which I have mixed feelings about. That all i want to say.
-The Oval Portrait
I think this was an okey story, ending was impactful though. 3.5/5
-The Black Cat
4/5, Justice for cats.
-The Premature Burial, 7/10
-The Tell-Tale Heart, 7/10
Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2kk...
Overall i love the author but I am gonna have to read some of them again.
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