Edgar Allan Poe

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The Tell-Tale Heart and The Cask of Amontillado

Beschreibung

These two iconic short stories by Edgar Allan Poe delve into the dark recesses of the human mind, exploring themes of guilt, revenge, and madness. In The Tell-Tale Heart, a narrator's obsessive guilt over a murder he committed leads to his psychological unraveling. The Cask of Amontillado follows a chilling tale of revenge, wh

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Edgar Allan Poe was an American poet, short story writer, playwright, editor, critic, essayist and one of the leaders of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of the macabre and mystery, Poe was one of the early American practitioners of the short story and a progenitor of detective fiction and crime fiction. He is also credited with contributing to the emergent science fiction genre.Poe died at the age of 40. The cause of his death is undetermined and has been attributed to alcohol, drugs, cholera, rabies, suicide (although likely to be mistaken with his suicide attempt in the previous year), tuberculosis, heart disease, brain congestion and other agents. Other Books of Author: . The Tell-Tale Heart (1843) . The Raven (1845) . The Fall of the House of Usher (1839) . The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841) . The Pit and the Pendulum (1842) . Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (1840) . The Cask of Amontillado (1846) . The Masque of the Red Death (1842) . The Purloined Letter (1844) . A Descent into the Maelström (1841)

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wildside Press
• Seitenzahl: 24
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 2mm
• Gewicht: 53g
• ISBN-13: 9781479428007
• ISBN-10: 1479428000
• Artikelnr.: 48887184