Эдгар Аллан По

In "The Masque of the Red Death" Edgar Allan Poe writes as no one else ever has of creeping, mounting terrors – of the deadly approach of a terrible pendulum, of the awful end of an ancient and noble house, and of the impossible beating of a dead hea…

The story is set in a nameless Italian city in an unspecified year and is about a man taking fatal revenge on a friend who, he believes, has insulted him.

"The Raven" is a narrative poem. It tells of a talking raven's mysterious visit to a distraught lover, tracing the man's slow fall into madness.

Set on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, the plot follows William Legrand, who was recently bitten by a gold-colored bug. His servant Jupiter fears Legrand is going insane and goes to Legrand's friend, an unnamed narrator who agrees to visit his old…

"The Tell-Tale Heart" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe first published in 1843. It is told by an unnamed narrator who endeavors to convince the reader of his sanity, while describing a murder he committed. (The victim was an old man with a filmy «…

"The Raven" is a narrative poem. It tells of a talking raven's mysterious visit to a distraught lover, tracing the man's slow fall into madness.

"The Pit and the Pendulum" is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1842 in the literary annual The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1843. The story is about the torments endured by a prisoner of the Spanish Inqu…

Between 1841 and 1844, Edgar Allan Poe invented the genre of detective fiction with three mesmerizing stories of a young French eccentric named C. Auguste Dupin. Introducing to literature the concept of applying reason to solving crime, these tales b…

This rousing sea adventure follows a New England boy, Pym, who stows away on a whaling ship with its captain's son, Augustus. The two boys, who find themselves repeatedly on the brink of discovery or death, witness many hair-raising events, including…

This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, one of the author’s best-known short stories. It is told from the point of view of an unnamed narrator who is at great pains to convince the reader of their lucidit…

This book contains tales by Edgar Allan Poe that became innovate literature discoveries at the time and extremely popular in its genre: The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Fall of the House Usher, The Black Cat, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Cask of A…

"The Cask of Amontillado" (sometimes spelled «The Casque of Amontillado» [a.mon.ti.??a.?o]) is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the November 1846 issue of Godey's Lady's Book. The story, set in an unnamed Italian city at carnival …

Едгар Аллан По (1809—1849) – американський письменник-романтик, майстер новели, основоположник детективного оповідання і науково-фантастичної повісті. Світ творів письменника химерний і водночас вишуканий. Його закони підпорядковуються не загальнопри…

Fantastik edebiyatın başarılı ismi Edgar Allan Poe’nun, yazdığı birbirinden ilginç ve hepsi birer başyapıt olan öyküleri bu kitapta bir araya toplanmaktadır. Poe, bu kitabındaki öykülerin kurgusunda hazırladığı sıra dışı edebî paradokslar aracılığıyl…

“Arthur Gordon Pym’in Öyküsü”, kısa öyküleriyle tanınan, gotik ve fantastik edebiyat geleneğinin önde gelen yazarlarından Edgar Allan Poe’nun tamamlan(a)mamış bir romanıdır. Poe, bu romanında, içindeki serüven tutkusunu yenemeyen Pym’in -arkadaşı Aug…

Роман «Оповідь Артура Гордона Піма» Е. По намагався видати за реальний документ, адже він починається як звичайна розповідь про морські пригоди. Тим дивнішими й страшнішими стають подальші події, які призводять до просякнутого жахом Незрозумілого. Що…

Kitabda dünya ədəbiyyatında bir çox janrlara möhür vurmuş məşhur yazıçı Edqar Allan Ponun detektiv ədəbiyyatının ilk nümunələrindən sayılan “Qızıl böcək” və “Oğurlanmış məktub” hekayələri yer alıb. “Qızıl böcək” hekayəsi macəra üslubunda olsa da, müə…