Description:🎧Listening Length = 7 hours and 37 minutesThe undisputed master of terror and mystery, Edgar Allan Poe was a unique inventor in fiction.In 'The Fall of the House of Usher' and 'The Black Cat' he wrote the first and best tales of terror; with 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' and his fictional detective M. Dupin he invented the detective story; and tales such as 'MS. Found in a Bottle' and 'Von Kempelen and His Discovery' pioneered modern science-fiction.As readers will discover, Poe possessed an unrivalled capacity to create atmosphere and suspense, and to probe the dark depths of the human psyche. All the stories in this volume push back the boundaries, making the improbable possible, the familiar terrifying and strange.Contents:9 • Introduction (Selected Tales) • essay by John Curtis19 • The Duc de L'Omelette • [Tales of the Folio Club] • (1832) • shortstory (variant of The Duke de L'Omelette)23 • MS. Found in a Bottle • [Tales of the Folio Club] • (1833) • shortstory 35 • The Assignation • [Tales of the Folio Club] • (1834) • shortstory (variant of The Visionary)48 • Ligeia • (1838) • shortstory 65 • How to Write a Blackwood Article • (1838) • shortstory (variant of The Psyche Zenobia)76 • The Fall of the House of Usher • (1839) • shortstory 96 • William Wilson • (1839) • novelette (variant of William Wilson: A Tale)118 • The Murders in the Rue Morgue • [Chevalier Dupin] • (1841) • novelette 154 • A Descent into the Maelström • (1841) • shortstory 172 • The Island of the Fay • (1841) • shortstory 178 • The Colloquy of Monos and Una • (1841) • shortstory 188 • The Oval Portrait • (1842) • shortstory 192 • The Masque of the Red Death • (1842) • shortstory (variant of The Mask of the Red Death)199 • The Mystery of Marie Rogêt • [Chevalier Dupin] • (1842) • novella 251 • The Pit and the Pendulum • (1842) • shortstory 267 • The Tell-Tale Heart • (1843) • shortstory 273 • The Gold-Bug • (1843) • novelette 311 • The Black Cat • (1843) • shortstory 322 • The Premature Burial • (1844) • shortstory 337 • The Purloined Letter • [Chevalier Dupin] • (1844) • novelette 357 • The Imp of the Perverse • (1845) • shortstory 364 • The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar • (1845) • shortstory 374 • The Cask of Amontillado • [Fortunado] • (1846) • shortstory382 • The Domain of Arnheim • (1842) • shortstory (variant of The Landscape-Garden)399 • Von Kempelen and His Discovery • (1849) • shortstoryWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Selected tales; with an introduction by Kenneth Graham (Classic American texts). To get started finding Selected tales; with an introduction by Kenneth Graham (Classic American texts), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Selected tales; with an introduction by Kenneth Graham (Classic American texts)
Description: 🎧Listening Length = 7 hours and 37 minutesThe undisputed master of terror and mystery, Edgar Allan Poe was a unique inventor in fiction.In 'The Fall of the House of Usher' and 'The Black Cat' he wrote the first and best tales of terror; with 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' and his fictional detective M. Dupin he invented the detective story; and tales such as 'MS. Found in a Bottle' and 'Von Kempelen and His Discovery' pioneered modern science-fiction.As readers will discover, Poe possessed an unrivalled capacity to create atmosphere and suspense, and to probe the dark depths of the human psyche. All the stories in this volume push back the boundaries, making the improbable possible, the familiar terrifying and strange.Contents:9 • Introduction (Selected Tales) • essay by John Curtis19 • The Duc de L'Omelette • [Tales of the Folio Club] • (1832) • shortstory (variant of The Duke de L'Omelette)23 • MS. Found in a Bottle • [Tales of the Folio Club] • (1833) • shortstory 35 • The Assignation • [Tales of the Folio Club] • (1834) • shortstory (variant of The Visionary)48 • Ligeia • (1838) • shortstory 65 • How to Write a Blackwood Article • (1838) • shortstory (variant of The Psyche Zenobia)76 • The Fall of the House of Usher • (1839) • shortstory 96 • William Wilson • (1839) • novelette (variant of William Wilson: A Tale)118 • The Murders in the Rue Morgue • [Chevalier Dupin] • (1841) • novelette 154 • A Descent into the Maelström • (1841) • shortstory 172 • The Island of the Fay • (1841) • shortstory 178 • The Colloquy of Monos and Una • (1841) • shortstory 188 • The Oval Portrait • (1842) • shortstory 192 • The Masque of the Red Death • (1842) • shortstory (variant of The Mask of the Red Death)199 • The Mystery of Marie Rogêt • [Chevalier Dupin] • (1842) • novella 251 • The Pit and the Pendulum • (1842) • shortstory 267 • The Tell-Tale Heart • (1843) • shortstory 273 • The Gold-Bug • (1843) • novelette 311 • The Black Cat • (1843) • shortstory 322 • The Premature Burial • (1844) • shortstory 337 • The Purloined Letter • [Chevalier Dupin] • (1844) • novelette 357 • The Imp of the Perverse • (1845) • shortstory 364 • The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar • (1845) • shortstory 374 • The Cask of Amontillado • [Fortunado] • (1846) • shortstory382 • The Domain of Arnheim • (1842) • shortstory (variant of The Landscape-Garden)399 • Von Kempelen and His Discovery • (1849) • shortstoryWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Selected tales; with an introduction by Kenneth Graham (Classic American texts). To get started finding Selected tales; with an introduction by Kenneth Graham (Classic American texts), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.