検索キーワード： 著者 "Edgar Allan Poe" すべてのカテゴリー

Una giovane coppia conduce una vita tranquilla e silenziosa in una casa piena di animali domestici molto amati. Il protagonista è particolarmente legato a Pluto, un gatto nero che lo segue ovunque. Tuttavia, col passare del tempo, il giovane inizia a bere sempre di più, e il suo comportamento cambia: diventa irato, scontroso e violento, arrivando a maltrattare sia la moglie che gli animali. La caduta nella decadenza e nel sadismo lo portano a commettere crimini atroci. Lo tormentano fino a farlo impazzire e l'esito non può che essere terribile.

Una moglie morta da tempo sembra resuscitare in questo classico racconto di Edgar Allan Poe. Una storia coinvolgente e piena di atmosfera, "Ligeia" combina magistralmente realismo, fantasia e horror nel più classico stile di Poe. "Ligeia" ha intrigato intere generazioni di scrittori e studiosi che a tutt'oggi dibattono il significato simbolico di questa storia cupa e affascinante. Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) è stato un poeta, scrittore e critico letterario americano. Noto soprattutto per le sue poesie, i racconti e gli argomenti soprannaturali, misteriosi e macabri.

Un viaggio per mare finito molto, molto male. Il manoscritto, ritrovato in una bottiglia affiorata, racconta le avventure nautiche da incubo di un uomo. Egli è sopravvissuto ad un terribile naufragio soltanto per essere salvato da un'altra nave destinata al disastro. Un classico dei racconti horror scritto dal maestro del genere, Edgar Allan Poe. Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) è stato un poeta, scrittore e critico letterario americano. Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) è stato un poeta, scrittore e critico letterario americano.

Quando un vedovo decide di dare alla figlia il nome della madre scomparsa, succede qualcosa di molto strano... Un racconto classico dal solo e unico maestro dell'horror, "Morella" di Edgar Allan Poe è una storia avvincente e inquietante. Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) è stato un poeta, scrittore e critico letterario americano. Noto soprattutto per le sue poesie, i racconti e gli argomenti soprannaturali, misteriosi e macabri, gli viene anche attribuito il merito di aver inventato il genere poliziesco e contribuito ampiamente all'emergere della fantascienza.

William Wilson hat eine Wahrnehmungsschwäche - oder ist es eine Denkschwäche? Er kann sich zwei widerstreitende Positionen seelischer oder gesellschaftlicher Art nicht in einer Person verbunden vorstellen. Er ist ein Schuft, ein Schurke und Verbrecher und bekennt an seinem Lebensende, wie es so weit hat kommen können. Die Antwort ist einfach. Seine Erklärungen sind teils nachvollziehbar, teils lange nach Ende des Hörbuchs noch rätselhaft. In seiner Jugend fiel ihm ein vermaledeiter Doppelgänger unentwegt in den Arm - oder quälte ihn sein Gewissen?

Eine Nachricht vom Mond offenbart, dass der verschollene Blasenflicker Hans Pfaall mit einem Ballon eben dorthin geflogen ist. Poes schrullige Sci-Fi-Geschichte war eine der ersten ihrer Art und erklärtes Vorbild für Jules Verne.

The story concerns the attempts by a prince and his followers to shield themselves from a terrible plague which is devastating the surrounding area and to carry on living lives of pleasure. Their attempts ultimately prove futile. The Red Death is the name of the infectious disease which causes people to die within 30 minutes. Those who are infected bleed profusely from their skin, especially their faces, before they die. Some six months after the arrival of Prince Prospero's guests, a masked ball is held for them.

Edgar Allan Poe's early literary works were poetic, but he quickly turned to prose. He worked for several magazines and journals till in January 1845, The Raven was published and became an instant classic. Poe was also an early proponent of the detective story and announced his entry to this genre with the classic short story 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue'.

Edgar Allan Poe (born Edgar Poe) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 19th, 1809, and was orphaned at an early age. Taken in by the Allan family, his education was cut short by lack of money, and he went to the military academy West Point where he failed to become an officer. His early literary works were poetic, but he quickly turned to prose. He worked for several magazines and journals until in January 1845, The Raven was published and became an instant classic.

It is the 15th century. An unidentified country is infected with a contagion known as the Red Death. Half the population has succumbed to a quick, gory, and painful death. Prospero, the prince, deals with the situation by inviting a thousand of his people to revel with him in a palace designed with seven rooms located in a secluded abbey.

Just who was Edgar Allan Poe? Of course he was an author, but there were parts of his life that were shrouded in mystery, like many of his stories. The differences between fact and fiction were intermingled and became even more so after his death. Readers around the world had their imaginations stimulated by his tales of mystery and sometimes horror. This book features two of his horror variety tales, “The Fall of the House of Usher” and “The Tell-Tale Heart”, as well as two of his more famous poems, “The Raven” and “Annabel Lee”.

This is an original multi-voice dramatization of Edgar Allan Poe's masterpiece, The Raven. The story tells of a forlorn gentleman who is still mourning the loss of his one true love. With a raging storm outside, he peers out into the ever-after. Then, while becoming lost in a state of melancholy, he is visited by an ominous raven with a ghastly single-word vocabulary.

Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. Here is a fifth collection of some of his best stories: "The Pit and the Pendulum", "A Descent into the Maelstrom", and "Mesmeric Revelation".

Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard was made to look a fool in the Sherlock Holmes stories. Now he gets his own back, introducing 16 tales of detectives whose abilities rival that of the great Sherlock Holmes.

Los crímenes de la calle Morgue, también conocido como Los asesinatos de la calle Morgue o Los asesinatos de la rue Morgue, es un cuento del género policiaco y de terror del escritor estadounidense Edgar Allan Poe, publicado por primera vez en en la revista Graham's Magazine, de Filadelfia, en el mes de abril de 1841.

Im kleinsten Kreise zeigt ein Kunstsammler seine neueste Erwerbung, ein seltenes Ölgemälde. Während der Präsentation werden alle Gäste mit Gas betäubt... und das Bild gestohlen. Ein Erpresser droht damit, das Kunstwerk zu zerstören. C. Auguste Dupin wird als Überbringer des Lösegelds gewählt, doch die Übergabe wird durch einen tödlichen Zwischenfall vereitelt und das Diebesgut verschwindet erneut. Verschiedene Personen sind am Verbleib und Erwerb des Bildes interessiert. Welches Geheimnis birgt es? Eine heiße Spur führt Dupin und Poe direkt nach Schottland.

La historia sigue a un narrador sin nombre que lee una historia sobre un hombre que murió después de que accidentalmente se tragara una aguja y ésta fuera hasta sus pulmones. Éste se enfurece de la credulidad de la humanidad para creer semejantes patrañas y jura que nunca caerá en esas historias raras. Justo en ese momento, una extraña criatura de aspecto hecha de barriles y botellas de vino aparece. La criatura se anuncia en un fuerte acento que él es el ángel de lo raro - y que es responsable de causar estos extraños sucesos.

El protagonista de este particular cuento, se percata de que ha perdido el aliento mientras arremete violentamente contra su esposa, lo que le hace creer que fue el acceso de violencia verbal lo que produjo su pérdida. Preocupado por ser visto por su esposa en ese estado, y tras fallidos intentos por encontrar su bien perdido, decide viajar a una nación extranjera para así poder ocultar su calamidad.

Dos jóvenes caballeros van de viaje por el sur francés. Llegan a las cercanías de un manicomio privado, que suscita la curiosidad de uno de ellos. Su acompañante, que conoce al director de la institución, se aviene a presentarle, y al punto, a consecuencia de su fobia a los lunáticos, se despide. El joven es invitado a entrar por el director, que le informa cumplidamente de todo lo que quiere saber, pero pronto se ve sorprendido por la conducta de unos y otros. Al final, durante el transcurso de la cena, tienen lugar extraordinarios acontecimientos.

Edgar Allan Poe ocupa un lugar de honor en la historia de la literatura sobre todo debido a sus cuentos, en los que se revela como un avanzado a su tiempo, como un faro en el llamado "romanticismo oscuro", como el padre de la novela detectivesca, un maestro de la narrativa de terror, un pionero de la ciencia ficción...y sin duda uno de los creadores cuya influencia ha sido más profunda y duradera.