Edgar Allan Poe

The only full-length novel by Edgar Allan Poe, "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym" was first published in 1838. It is the story of a boy from Nantucket, Arthur Gordon Pym, who stows away aboard a whaling ship, the "Grampus", with the help of his friend Augustus, the ship captain's son. Pym and Augustus experience many unexpected adventures and misfortunes at sea, including mutiny, violent storms, cannibalism, and the destruction of the ship. Eventually,...

Enter the dark worlds created by Edgar Allen Poe in the collection "The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales." Poe emphasizes morbidity and death through his tales and poems, and this anthology holds all of Poe's best and most famous works from throughout his career. In "The Fall of the House of Usher," a man and his sister suffer from a strange, debilitating illness. Her death drives him to the point of madness, and the fragile mansion falls...

A selection of Poe's poetry and sixteen of his best-known tales, including "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Black Cat," and "The Pit and the Pendulum."

El autor norteamericano Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) ocupa un lugar relevante en el panteón de los escritores más admirados, imitados y estudiados de la literatura universal. Considerado por muchos como un precursor del cuento corto y de terror como género literario, Edgar Allan Poe escribió también poesía, ensayos y crítica literaria. Fascinado con lo macabro y con un especial talento para ello, Poe también exploró diversos temas y tonos...