Poe: 1914 books

"The Fall of the House of Usher" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe first published in 1839. The tale begins with the unnamed narrator arriving at the house of his friend, Roderick Usher, having received a letter from him in a distant part of the country complaining of an illness and asking...

"The Raven" is a narrative piece of poetry by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. First published in January 1845, the poem is often noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere. It tells of a talking raven's mysterious visit to a distraught lover, tracing the man's...

Edgar Allan Poe was an American poet, critic, short story writer, best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre. "The Cask of Amontillado" is the short story, first published in 1846. The action happens in an unnamed Italian city at carnival time in an unspecified year; the story is...

“The Murders in the Rue Morgue” is the Edgar Allan Poe short story often thought of as the first detective story; it continues to fascinate readers. -The language of 170 years ago has been updated making the story easily understood by today’s readers. -Every effort has been made...

And now I found these fancies creating their own realities, and all imagined horrors crowding upon me in fact'. The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym is an archetypal American story of escape from home and family which traces a young man's rite of passage through a series of terrible brushes with death...

After reading an 1836 newspaper account of a shipwreck and its two survivors, Edgar Allan Poe penned his only novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, the story of a stowaway on a Nantucket whaleship who finds himself enmeshed in the dark side of life at sea: mutiny, cannibalism, savagery—even...

Poe was a prolific writer of science fiction and supernatural tales, responding in his writing to numerous emerging technologies. He often included elements of popular pseudo-sciences, dealing with themes such as time travel and resurrection of the dead. Table of Contents: Ms. Found in a Bottle The...

Tales, by Edgar Allan Poe, is a collection of 25 stories from the literary father of the mysterious and the macabre. These individual pieces, which include The Fall of the House of Usher, and Silence: A Fable, together make up the body of both Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque and Tales of the...

The Balloon-Hoax Edgar Allan Poe, american author, poet, editor, and literary critic (1809-1849) This ebook presents «The Balloon-Hoax», from Edgar Allan Poe. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book -02- THE BALLOON-HOAX -03- THE BALLOON -04- THE JOURNAL

A unique one volume collection of all Poe's best tales and poems. Full of variety, entries include The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Mystery of Marie Roget, The Purloined Letter - three classic detective stories - plus The Raven, one of his greatest poems. A wonderful selection of tales and poems...

The haunting poems of Edgar Allan Poe come to life in this comprehensive volume. Collected here are such American classics as "The Rave," "Annabel Lee," and "The Bells." Touching on death, passion, and loneliness, Poe speaks out to us with lyrical beauty from across the ages.

The short story is often viewed as an inferior relation to the Novel. But it is an art in itself. To take a story and distil its essence into fewer pages while keeping character and plot rounded and driven is not an easy task. Many try and many fail. In this series we look at short stories from many...

The Spectacles was written in the year 1844 by Edgar Allan Poe. This book is one of the most popular novels of Edgar Allan Poe, and has been translated into several other languages around the world. This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.

Metzengerstein was written in the year 1832 by Edgar Allan Poe. This book is one of the most popular novels of Edgar Allan Poe, and has been translated into several other languages around the world. This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.