The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Selected Stories
Vintage American Gothic
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Spine-tingling, mind-altering and deliciously atmospheric, journey into the dark side of America with nine of its most uncanny classics.
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.
Review
Poe's work as a whole is a series of haunting improvisations on themes from the macabre that are hard to categorise, dazzlingly original and posthumously influential on an extraordinary range of writers from Baudelaire and RL Stevenson to Yeats, Wilde and Borges ― Observer
His work continues to enthral. His greatest tales (The Fall of the House of Usher, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Pit and the Pendulum) radiate a dark humour and mockery that strike an oddly modern note ― Sunday Times
If genius is an exceptional capacity for imaginative creation, Poe had it in spades ― Daily Mail
His reputation as a master of the grotesque and macabre has veiled the real cause of his fame: an astonishing mastery of language and literary technique which made Arthur Ransome, himself no mean story technician and a considerable literary critic, liken his stories to rare coloured goblets or fantastic metalwork ― Independent
His work continues to enthral. His greatest tales (The Fall of the House of Usher, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Pit and the Pendulum) radiate a dark humour and mockery that strike an oddly modern note ― Sunday Times
If genius is an exceptional capacity for imaginative creation, Poe had it in spades ― Daily Mail
His reputation as a master of the grotesque and macabre has veiled the real cause of his fame: an astonishing mastery of language and literary technique which made Arthur Ransome, himself no mean story technician and a considerable literary critic, liken his stories to rare coloured goblets or fantastic metalwork ― Independent
About the Author
Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, USA, in 1809. Poe, short story writer, editor and critic, he is best known for his macabre tales and as the progenitor of the detective story. He died in 1849, in mysterious circumstances, at the age of forty.
Podrobnosti
| Autor |
Edgar Allan Poe |
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| Vydavatel |
Vintage Classics
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| Jazyk | anglicky |
| Vazba | měkká |
| Počet stran | 416 |
| Formát | 12,9 × 19,8 cm |
| EAN | 9781784878511 |
| Rok vydání | 2023 |
| Edice |
Klasická beletrie Povídky a krátké příběhy Sci-fi, fantasy, horor |
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Edgar Allan Poe
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