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This collection of Poe's work contains some of the most exciting and haunting stories ever written. They range from the poetic to the mysterious to the darkly comic, yet all possess the genius for the grotesque that defines Poe's writing. They are peopled with neurotics and social outcasts, obsessed with nameless terrors or preoccupied with seemingly unsolvable mysteries. 'The Tell-Tale Heart' and 'The Fall of the House of Usher' are key works in the horror canon,...
| Автор | Poe Edgar Allan |
| Жанр | Классическая зарубежная проза на английском языке |
| Год | 2016 |
Initially composed by Poe as a public lecture towards the end of his career and considered by him the culmination of all his life’s work, Eureka is an extended treatise about the creation, existence and the ultimate end of the world. An idiosyncratic blend of creative writing and scientific discourse, with unexpected forays into comedy and wordplay, this self-styled “prose poem” is a genre-defying masterpiece. Although it baffled the reading public of its time, Eureka found many prominent...
| Автор | Poe Edgar Allan |
| Год | 2018 |
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 and - as his stories of mesmerism and time travel prove - a pioneer of science fiction. In this collection, probing to the depths of the human psyche, Poe's haunted genius will chill and enthral you.
| Автор | Poe Edgar Allan |
| Год | 2011 |
Edgar Allan Poe was a writer of uncommon talent; in The Murders in the Rue Morgue he created the genre of detective fiction while his genius for finding the strangeness lurking within us all has been an influence on everyone from Freud to Hollywood. This complete collection of all his short stories and novellas contains well-known tales 'The Pit and the Pendulum' and 'The Tell-Tale Heart' alongside hidden gems that both unsettle and enthrall the reader.
| Автор | Poe Edgar Allan |
| Год | 2010 |
This beautiful jacketed hardcover brings together 23 chilling tales by landmark gothic writers, including Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Shelley, Sheridan Le Fanu, Sir Walter Scott and many more. Gothic fiction emerged in the 18th century, recognized for its bleak and sinister landscapes which housed unnatural forces of evil. Often controversial in their time, these stories pushed the boundaries of what was possible in fiction and evoked unsettling emotions as they told their tales of mysterious places,...
| Автор | Мери Шелли, Ле Фаню Джозеф Шеридан, Poe Edgar Allan |
| Жанр | Классическая зарубежная проза на английском языке |
| Год | 2021 |
This box set brings together 8 outstanding mystery books: Classic Tales of Detection and Adventure by Edgar Allan Poe Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde This stylish box set contains eight enthralling mystery...
| Автор | Oscar Wilde, Poe Edgar Allan, Dostoevsky Fyodor |
| Жанр | Классическая зарубежная проза на английском языке |
| Год | 2019 |
Containing one of the best known and best loved detective novels of all time - The Murders in the Rue Morgue - this entertaining collection of Poe's work shows why he was considered a master of mystery. Also included in the book is The Mystery of Marie Roget, which was a sequel to the thrilling Murders in the Rue Morgue, as well as three other tales of detection and adventure, including "Thou Art the Man!", "The Purloined Letter" and "The Unparelleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall". Such was...
| Автор | Poe Edgar Allan |
| Жанр | Классическая зарубежная проза на английском языке |
| Год | 2022 |
This boxset contains 8 terrifying and entertaining horror and fantasy novels:
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
The Lovecraft Compendium by H. P. Lovecraft
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Classic Tales of Horror by Edgar Allan Poe
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
| Автор | Wilkie Collins, Poe Edgar Allan, Bram Stoker |
| Жанр | Классическая зарубежная проза на английском языке |
| Год | 2019 |
One of the greatest of all horror writers, Edgar Allan Poe (1809-49) also composed pioneering tales that seized upon the scientific developments of an era marked by staggering change. In this collection of sixteen stories, he explores such wide-ranging contemporary themes as galvanism, time travel and resurrection of the dead. 'The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfall' relates a man's balloon journey to the moon with a combination of scientific precision and astonishing...
| Автор | Poe Edgar Allan |
| Жанр | Естественные науки |
| Год | 2022 |
В этом сборнике - 10 загадочных историй. От них мурашки бегут по спине, и кровь стынет в жилах, и каждый скрип или шорох кажется знаком присутствия в доме чего-то необъяснимого. Мастера мистической прозы Э.А.По, Брэм Стокер, М.Р.Джеймс, Э.Ф.Бенсон, Амброз Бирс, Ф.М.Кроуфорд великолепно погружают читателя в мир потустороннего. Артур Конан Дойль, Р.Л.Стивенсон и Вашингтон Ирвинг блистательно рассказывают свои мистические истории, будоража воображение читателей. Все рассказы легко читаются в...
| Автор | Poe Edgar Allan |
| Жанр | Классическая зарубежная проза на английском языке |
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 life. Many of these stories and poems explore the familiar Poe themes of murder, obsession and love, but this volume also contains many overlooked tales of the fantastic, black comedies, parodies and hoaxes, such as 'The Unparalleled Adventure of Hans...
| Автор | Poe Edgar Allan |
| Жанр | Классическая зарубежная проза на английском языке |
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 Usher describes the final hours of a family tormented by tragedy and the legacy of the past. In The Tell Tale Heart, a murderer's insane delusions threaten to betray him, while stories such as The Pit and the Pendulum and The Cask of...
| Автор | Poe Edgar Allan |
| Жанр | Классическая зарубежная проза на английском языке |
| Год | 2009 |
The Penguin English Library Edition of The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Tales by Edgar Allan Poe '... an agility astounding, a strength superhuman, a ferocity brutal, a butchery without motive, a grotesquerie in horror absolutely alien from humanity...' Horror, madness, violence and the dark forces hidden in humanity abound in this collection of Poe's brilliant tales, including - among others - the bloody, brutal and baffling murder of a mother and daughter in Paris in...
| Автор | Poe Edgar Allan |
| Жанр | Классическая зарубежная проза на английском языке |
| Год | 2012 |
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 Allan Poe, he distinguished himself at the University of Virginia but was equally adept at collecting debts from his assiduous gambling. His stepfather's disapproval shattered their fragile relationship and Poe left home to seek his fortune. In 1836...
| Автор | Poe Edgar Allan |
| Жанр | Классическая зарубежная проза на английском языке |
Not for those of a nervous disposition! This chilling collection contains some of Edgar Allan Poe's best-known stories, including The Fall of the House of Usher and The Masque of Red Death. Themes of guilt, fear and revenge abound as the master of gothic horror transports readers into mysterious worlds, carries them on dangerous sea voyages, and investigates gruesome murders in tales such as The Black Cat, The Pit and the Pendulum and The Cask of Amontillado. Exploring the hidden depths of...
| Автор | Poe Edgar Allan |
| Жанр | Классическая зарубежная проза на английском языке |
| Год | 2016 |
Not for those of a nervous disposition, this chilling collection contains some of Edgar Allan Poe's bestknown stories, including The Fall of the House of Usher and The Masque of the Red Death. Themes of guilt, fear and revenge abound as the master of gothic horror transports readers into mysterious worlds, carries them on dangerous sea voyages, and investigates gruesome murders in tales such as The Black Cat, The Pit and the Pendulum and The Cask of Amontillado. Exploring the hidden depths...
| Автор | Poe Edgar Allan |
| Жанр | Классическая зарубежная проза на английском языке |
| Год | 2016 |
Originally published in Graham's Magazine in 1841, The Murders in the Rue Morgue is considered to be the first classic tale of detection that gave birth to the genre of crime fiction which we know and love today. It introduced the sleuth C. Auguste Dupin and this "locked room" puzzle was followed by two more adventures for Monsieur Dupin: The Mystery of Marie Roget and The Purloined Letter. In addition, readers can enjoy an early Poe detective story, Thou Art the Man!, which seeks to...
| Автор | Poe Edgar Allan |
| Жанр | Классическая зарубежная проза на английском языке |
| Год | 2016 |
This collection of bone-chilling tales is sure to keep readers awake for many nights. It includes stories from classic writers such as Bram Stoker, H. P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, M. R. Shiel, William Hope Hodgson and Ambrose Bierce. Their haunting visions of cosmic terrors and everyday frights provide a thrilling excursion into the eerie depths of the horror genre.
| Автор | Брэм Стокер, Лавкрафт Говард Филлипс, Poe Edgar Allan |
| Жанр | Классическая зарубежная проза на английском языке |
| Год | 2018 |