Edgars Alans Po

The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings is a collection of works by Edgar Allan Poe.

"Krauklis" ir amerikāņu rakstnieka Edgara Alana Po dzejolis. To pirmo reizi publicēja avīze "New York Evening Mirror" 1845. gada 29. janvārī. Tas ir ievērojams ar savu muzikalitāti, stilizēto valodu un pārdabisko gaisotni. Tajā tiek stāstīts par runājoša kraukļa noslēpumainajām vizītēm pie izmisuša mīlnieka, kurš …

The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham's Magazine in 1841. It has been claimed as the first detective story; Poe referred to it as one of his "tales of ratiocination." Similar works predate Poe's stories, including Das Fräulein von Scuderi (1819) by E.T.A. Hoffmann and …

Written more than a century ago, The Raven remains a classic of American literature. This collection of Poe's hauntingly memorable verse includes Annabel Lee, The Bells, Eldorado, and other favorite poems that reflect the macabre imagination and strange genius of the man whose work continues to reach into our souls …

Presents "The Tell-tale Heart," "The Masque of Red Death," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Raven," "Annabel Lee," and "Lenore"

"The Cask of Amontillado" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the November 1846 issue of Godey's Lady's Book. The story is set in an unnamed Italian city at carnival time in an unspecified year, and is about a man taking fatal revenge on a friend who, he believes, has insulted him. Like several of …