Acknowledged as one of the most brilliant American writers, Edgar Allan Poe crafted a fantastic world filled with mystery and horror that has thrilled readers for generations. This edition includes Poe's most famous tales and poems, including 'The Tell-Tale Heart,' 'The Fall of the House of Usher,' 'The Purloined Letter,' 'The Pit and the Pendulum,' 'The Raven,' 'Lenore,' and 'Annabel Lee.'

Features a comprehensive collection of the author's works, including such classics as 'The Fall of the House of Usher' and 'The Raven' and lesser-known works such as 'Loss of Breath' and 'Spirits of the Dead.'

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 death. As Jeffrey Meyers writes in his Introduction: “[Poe] remains contemporary because he appeals to basic human feelings and expresses universal themes common to all men in all languages: dreams, love, loss; grief, mourning, alienation; terror, revenge, murder; insanity, disease, and death.” Within the pages of this novel, we encounter nearly all of them.

This Modern Library Paperback Classic reprints the text of the original 1838 American edition.

Fu quasi certamente tra le pagine dei giornali di Norfolk che Edgard Allan Poe trovò il primo spunto per la stesura del suo 'Gordon Pym'. Le testate infatti, in data 18 e 19 febbraio 1836, riportavano la tragica notizia del naufragio della goletta Ariel, un disastro al quale solo due degli uomini a bordo riuscirono a scampare. Mescolando la lettura di questi articoli a quella di testi come 'Il resoconto del naufragio dell'Essex' di Owen Chase, Poe dovette costruire l'idea di un romanzo del mare, lui, abitatore letterario di spazi angusti e di luoghi esiziali.

Frutto di un intelletto lucido e di una fantasia senza limiti, i racconti Edgard Allan Poe hanno saputo rinnovare completamente alcuni generi letterari, o addirittura ne hanno inventati di nuovi, imprimendo un segno indelebile nella letteratura moderna. In questa raccolta sono riunite le storie migliori del grande scrittore: atmosfere torbide e inquietanti, trame allucinanti, ma anche gialli pervasi da uno spirito analitico sottile, in grado di pervenire alle più sconcertanti deduzioni. Testo originale a fronte.

Just in time for Halloween, two of the most chilling voices ever recorded capture every nuance of the suspense and horror that the author so masterfully wove into his work. Read by Vincent Price and Basil Rathbone.

Universally acclaimed as the maestro of horror and the morbid, Edgar Allan Poe's dark gift has for more than a century and a half set the standard for the genre.

Now, Caedmon Audio presents a classic collection of Poe's most terrifying tales performed by two of the most brilliant interpreters of his work, Vincent Price and Basil Rathbone.

Between them, they perform 20 of Poe's chilling stories and poems, creating an unforgettably intense listening experience.

Offers young readers a look at six of Poe's tales of horror and the supernatural.

Offers young readers a look at six of Poe's tales of horror and the supernatural.

A stowaway aboard the whaling ship Grampus, Arthur Gordon Pym finds himself bound on an extraordinary voyage to the high southern latitudes. Poe's remarkable novel recounts the 'incredible adventures and discoveries' of Pym and his companions. There is mutiny, appalling butchery, and the 'exquisite horror' of cannibalism; premature burial within an impenetrable sea borne labyrinth; a corpse-ridden ghost ship, gigantic polar bears, and uncharted islands peopled by barbarian hordes.
It was Poe's unique genius, however, that imbued this Gothic adventure tale with such allegorical richness that readers have been fascinated ever since.
In his illuminating introduction and notes to this new edition of Poe's masterpiece, Richard Kopley reveals hidden layers of meaning involving both Poe's family and biblical prophecy.

The third in the Modern Library's series of original compilations, The Raven and the Monkey's Paw is a collection of classic tales and poems to engage our fear-seeking senses. The beauty of these stories and poems lies in their readability: ideal for sharing aloud around the campfire or for a quick, thrilling dip . . . under
the covers with a flashlight. The writing itself sends as many awe-inspired shivers down the spine as do the ghosts and goblins on these pages.
        Edgar Allan Poe, the master of the horror story and the chiming lyric poem, opens the volume with his best-loved stories: 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue,' 'The Black Cat,' 'The Fall of the House of Usher,' 'The Pit and the Pendulum,' 'The Premature Burial,' 'The Tell-Tale Heart,' 'Berenice,' and 'Ligeia.' Every bit as chilling now as on the day they were written, these tales retain their power to stir the reader again and again. Poe, who was as well known for his poems as for his stories, is also represented by such verse standards as 'The Raven,' 'Lenore,' 'To Helen,' 'Ulalume,' and 'Annabel Lee,' among others.
        Numerous other practitioners of the supernatural story are included: Edith Wharton, with her gripping 'Afterward'; Charles Dickens and his famed ghost story 'The Signalman'; W. W. Jacobs, with this com-
pilation's inspiration, 'The Monkey's Paw.' Also here are Saki's engrossing 'Sredni Vashtar'; O. Henry's story of love lost and hopes dashed, 'The Furnished Room'; Wilkie Collins's lively 'A Terribly Strange Bed'; and 'The Boarded Window,' Ambrose Bierce's tale of the bizarre.
        A year-round collection for reading aloud--and frightening your friends--The Raven and the Monkey's Paw will gratify all manner of thrill-seekers.
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Una collana (Letteratura a 45 giri) che intende far rivivere un oggetto-culto ormai appartenente al passato, ma ancora capace di suscitare un fascino tutto particolare. Dalla busta del 45 giri, riprodotta nei dettagli, esce un vero e proprio 'disco' di testi, un libretto da leggere sulla facciata A e sulla facciata B. I testi selezionati sono tutti racconti, sia di autori classici che di esordienti.