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| Original Title: | The Complete Tales of Mystery and Imagination |
| ISBN: | 1420927035 (ISBN13: 9781420927030) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Edgar Allan Poe
Paperback | Pages: 116 pages Rating: 4.23 | 3647 Users | 106 Reviews
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This volume contains a collection of some of the best short stories ever written by Edgar Allan Poe. A master of the macabre, Poe exhibits his literary prowess in these classic short stories. Contained within this volume are the following: The Gold-Bug, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Balloon-Hoax, The Purloined Letter, A Descent into the Maelstrom, The Black Cat, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Masque of the Red Death, The Cask of Amontillado, The Pit and the Pendulum, and The Tell-Tale Heart."
Details Of Books The Best Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe
| Title | : | The Best Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe |
| Author | : | Edgar Allan Poe |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 116 pages |
| Published | : | January 1st 2006 by Digireads (first published 1833) |
| Categories | : | Short Stories. Literature. American. 19th Century. Classics. Classic Literature. Thriller. Mystery Thriller |
Rating Of Books The Best Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe
Ratings: 4.23 From 3647 Users | 106 ReviewsRate Of Books The Best Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe
some of these stories are so lovable. I like the ones with riddles in it, they require a sherlock type of mind. And like almost anybody the Telltale Heart is splendid.However, some of the stories were so though to get through. the only reason I could was because I knew they would be short. so averaging out the ratings of all stories it is a 3 out of 5I have to admit, I only read five of the ten short stories in this book, because I have no motivation to read the others anymore. I bet there is NO short story by Edgar Allan Poe that does not contain the word 'mad'. And very often I found myself thinking "What.Am.I.reading?". There are some parallels to the stories, like e.g. very often one of the characters goes mad or is believed to be mad, very often a riddle is somehow to be solved AND the reader gets a fully detailed explanation of this
My favourite stories were "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Masque of the Red Death". Overall it was eh. The characters never really had much substance except for "The Tell-Tale Heart". Plots were kind of boring. Just seemed like he throws a bunch of puzzle pieces at the reader and then just decides to solve it himself. The solutions to the mystery short stories always fell short (heh) and some of them a bit far-fetched in the endings that made me go "waht. Really, this is what we're working with?
part of me wanted this to be scarer, the other part realizes this is just what i was expecting.After having experienced the most frightening experience of my life in a 'poe' themed promenade theatre evening in Battersea arts center i was determined to delve into the dark world of Edgar Allan Poe.some of the stories seem to drag however, and i witness none of that trademark bone chilling tension that has made him so popular- perhaps it because of the wide varieties of themes he tackles and the
Edgar Allan Poe is definitely depressing. I was really interested in the quotes starting each story. Fortunately, I was able to translate some of it; however, it was pretty confusing, so I had to research the rest. In the end, I found that the quote before The Pit and the Pendulum says, Here an unholy mob of torturers, with an unquenchable thirst for human blood, once fed their long frenzy. Our homeland is safe now, the baneful pit destroyed, and what was once a place of savage death is now a
You know a book's bad when you can't even bring yourself to speed read it
Poe wrote with such clarity yet he erased so many dividing lines.
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