Selected Tales: Poe - Couverture souple

Poe, Edgar Allan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140623345 ISBN 13 : 9780140623345

Editeur : Penguin Classics, 2007

Synopsis

Selected Tales: Poe Collects such tales as - "The Fall of the House of Usher", "The Masque of the Red Death", "The Murders in the Rue Morgue; and, "The Purloined Letter" - alongside travel narratives, metaphysical essays and political satires. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Since their first publication in the 1830s and 1840s, Edgar Allan Poe's extraordinary Gothic tales have established themselves as classics of horror fiction and have also created many of the conventions which still dominate the genre of detective fiction. As well as being highly enjoyable, Poe's tales are works of very real intellectual exploration. Attentive to the historical and political dimensions of these very American tales, this new selection places the most popular -- `The Fall of the House of Usher', `The Masque of the Red Death', `The Murders in the Rue Morgue; and `The Purloined Letter' -- alongside less well-known travel narratives, metaphysical essays and political satires.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Edgar Allan Poe (1809 – 49), was born in Boston, USA. He was a short-story writer, editor and literary critic, and is considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor the detective-fiction genre.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Classics
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0140623345
• ISBN 13: 9780140623345
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 400