Résultats pour "Poes, poes, poes..." dans Fiction

Publié en 1857, Nouvelles Histoires extraordinaires d’Edgar Allan Poe est un recueil de nouvelles qui plonge le lecteur dans l’univers sombre et mystérieux de Poe. Ce recueil rassemble des récits où se mêlent l’horreur psychologique, et le mystère, dans une exploration des peurs profondes et des zones d’ombre de l’esprit humain.

O mundo pós-aniversário aborda o relacionamento aparentemente sólido de um casal dos EUA radicado em Londres. Ele é um disciplinado pesquisador de um instituto de estudos estratégicos; ela, uma acomodada ilustradora de livros que se depara com uma vontade incontrolável de beijar outro homem: um velho amigo do casal, impetuoso jogador de sinuca que figura no topo do ranking do esporte, um dos mais populares entre os britânicos.

Poe’s character is the most complex which has yet appeared among American writers, and his genius is the most elusive and individual. He fills a very considerable place in our literary development, and yet, in important aspects of his career, he seems to have been entirely detached from it. His genius is no longer questioned, nor is his influence; and yet his impress on the spiritual life of the country is hardly perceptible.

Stories include: "The Raven"; "Hop-Frog"; "The Black Cat"; "The Cask of Amontillado"; "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar"; "The Fall of the House of Usher"; "The Gold-Bug"; "The Masque of the Red Death"; "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"; "The Purloined Letter"; "The Pit and the Pendulum"; and "The Tell-Tale Heart".

Edgar Allan Poe is the undisputed "Father" of the Detective story and his Detective C. Auguste Dupin set the stage for eccentric, logic-wielding sleuths like Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot. This is the first audio collection of Poe's detective stories, plus one non-Dupin detective tale, "Thou Art the Man". Celebrity narrator Bronson Pinchot delivers amazing performances of "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt", "The Purloined Letter", and "Thou Art the Man".

Después de sorprendernos con los cuatro títulos de la Saga Casasola y con los cuentos que conforman la Trilogía del Terror, Bernardo Esquinca nos entrega una novela que expande los límites y paisajes de su escritura. En un ejercicio audaz que es a la vez homenaje y acercamiento, Edgar Allan...

Rose and her giant, simple son, Poe, live quietly on the fringes of their town - tending their goats and working at odd jobs. Prosper Thorne, banished from his big-city law practice and worrying about his fading memory, obsessively watches over his beloved daughter Miranda. When Poe erupts from the forest one day carrying Miranda's bruised and bloody body, he is arrested, despite his protestations of get help-get help-get help.

Sumérgete en el mundo fascinante y oscuro de "Novelas y Cuentos" de Edgar Allan Poe. Esta recopilación de relatos te transportará a un universo lleno de misterio, terror y suspenso. A través de su prosa magistral, Poe te sumergirá en historias inquietantes que exploran los rincones más oscuros de la mente humana. Cada cuento está hábilmente tejido, atrapándote con giros inesperados y atmósferas cautivadoras.

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, Poe's only full novel, is one of his most unusual works. A riveting story, toldl in the first person, it tells of a disastrous sea voyage involving storms, mutiny, starvation, thirst - and a mysterious conclusion. Jorge Luis Borges and Baudelaire were among those who rated it highly. This recording was timed to mark the 200th anniversary of Poe's birth.

The Raven Edition of the works of Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) presents his complete literary output in five volumes. The second volume contains 22 stories, which illustrate the author's fascination with the macabre, the unexpected, and the terrifying.

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket is Edgar Allan Poe's only complete novel, published in 1838. Set in 1827, it is an exciting blend of science, romance, adventure, realism, and supernaturalism. It is based on the actual experiences of J.N. Reynolds, whose book Poe consulted.

Greetings! Welcome to the Language Magic™ dual-language learning series. After you’ve learned the basics from the classroom or one of the many excellent language learning programs out there, it's time to get fluent! Discover that you can relax and enjoy the story while absorbing the language as you listen, and you can listen to it over and over until you find you can understand it completely in the language you are learning.

In this series we listen to short stories that are NOT by perhaps the most well-known author of this type. But the many other rich talents in the volume may have treated the subject matter a little differently, or were perhaps just overlooked in the stampede to applaud the winner, but these authors are of equal merit.

Steffen Siegmund, Ensemblemitglied des Thalia-Theater Hamburg, liest Texte von Edgar Allan Poe, eingebettet in eine assoziative Geräuschkomposition von Sabine Kaufmann (Regie: Margit Kreß). Edgar Allan Poe wird häufig als Wegbereiter der modernen Horrorliteratur oder Begründer des Symbolismus bezeichnet. Es ging dem Autor in seinen Arbeiten jedoch nie darum, Horror zu verbreiten, sondern die weiten Gefilde menschlicher Psyche auszuloten.

The room was on the fourth floor, and the door was locked - with the key on the inside. The windows were closed and fastened - on the inside. The chimney was too narrow for a cat to get through. So how did the murderer escape? And whose were the two angry voices heard by the neighbours as they ran up the stairs? Nobody in Paris could find any answers to this mystery.Except Auguste Dupin, who could see further and think more clearly than other people.

“El pozo y el péndulo” (título original: The Pit and the Pendulum) es uno de los cuentos más famosos y celebrados de Edgar Allan Poe. Está considerado como uno de los relatos más espeluznantes dentro de la literatura de terror, pues transmite el abandono, la desorientación, el desconcierto y la desesperanza de una persona que sabe que va a morir. En él Poe demuestra su dominio sobre el lenguaje y las técnicas narrativas más efectivas para hacernos sentir partícipes de los agobiantes pensamientos que tiene el torturado.

La Máscara de la Muerte Roja de Edgar Allan Poe es una escalofriante historia ambientada en un reino ficticio asolado por una plaga mortal conocida como la Muerte Roja. El príncipe Próspero, junto con un selecto grupo de nobles, se retira a su apartada abadía para evitar el contagio. Dentro de la abadía, Prospero organiza un lujoso baile de máscaras, donde los invitados se deleitan con la decadencia y el libertinaje. Sin embargo, en medio de las festividades, aparece una figura misteriosa vestida con una túnica manchada de sangre, que simboliza la inevitabilidad de la muerte.

In this collection there are two featured short stories with an additional short story included as a bonus!

LIGEIA: In the shackles of an opium dream, a man struggles with the restless spirit of his deceased wife. ELEONORA: In the glory of young love, a valley blooms with life.

There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.