Musaicum Books presents to you this unique collection, designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Frankenstein The Orphan of the Rhine Nightmare Abbey The Tell-Tale Heart The Fall of the House of Usher The Cask of Amontillado The Masque of the Red Death The Castle of Otranto Vathek The Castle of Wolfenbach Caleb Williams The Mysteries of Udolpho The Italian The Monk Wieland Northanger Abbey The Black Cat The Murders in...
e-artnow presents you the export product USA is best known in the world of literature, the unique American short stories, ranging from satire, social injustice, horror, adventure and psychological turmoil. Content: The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County (Mark Twain) The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg (Mark Twain) To Build a Fire (Jack London) A Piece of Steak (Jack London) An Odyssey of the North (Jack London) The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry) The Ransom of Red Chief (O. Henry) ...
This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. This edition presents to you Edgar Allan Poe's greatest gothic & horror stories. His most recurring themes deal with questions of death, including its physical signs, the effects of decomposition, concerns of premature burial, the reanimation of the dead and mourning. Metzengerstein The Assignation Berenice Morella King Pest Shadow ...
Musaicum Books presents to you a unique collection of World's Finest Mysteries by the World's Greatest Authors, formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. This carefully edited edition includes the most intruiging detective stories and head-scratching mysteries: Detective Stories The Purloined Letter (Edgar Allan Poe) A Scandal in Bohemia (A. Conan Doyle) The Safety Match (Anton Chekhov) Missing: Page Thirteen (Anna Katherine Green) . . ....
For lovers of gothic American literature, horror, mystery, or suspense, consider the nine gripping stories contained within the Edgar Allen Poe collection «The Gold-Bug and Other Tales.» Two mysteries and seven murders, all coming from various points in Poe's writing career, make this anthology a valuable addition to any literature collection. «The Gold-Bug» is set in South Carolina and follows the tale of a man and his servant as they embark on a madness-induced journey for buried...
Recognized today as the undisputed master of the American Gothic horror story, Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1949) revealed his genius in tales of death, terror, evil, and perversity. Highly skilled in achieving a calculated psychological effect, Poe created chilling fictional nightmares permeated by mysterious forces, grotesque creatures, and improbable hallucinations.Poe's immense powers as a storyteller are at their peak in this anthology containing nine of his best-known short...
The Gold-Bug is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in 1843. The plot centers on a secret message that will lead to a buried treasure. Aware of the growing popularity of cryptography and code-breaking, Poe submitted this story to a writing contest sponsored by a Philadelphia newspaper. Winning the grand prize of $100, the story was then published in three installments beginning in June 1843. Set on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, the story is seen as an early form of detective...
Set on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, the plot follows William Legrand, who was recently bitten by a gold-colored bug. His servant Jupiter fears Legrand is going insane and goes to Legrand's friend, an unnamed narrator who agrees to visit his old friend. Legrand pulls the other two into an adventure after deciphering a secret message that will lead to a buried treasure.
"The Fall of the House of Usher" is a narrative short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1839 in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine before being included in the collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque in 1840. The short story is a work of detective fiction and includes themes of madness, family, isolation, and metaphysical identities. «Падение дома Эшер» – одно из самых читаемых произведений американского новеллиста XIX века Эдгара Аллана По (англ. Edgar Allan Poe,...
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 along with the Usher family line. It is...
The Fall of the House of Usher, a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, is among Poe's most famous works. This highly unsettling, macabre story is recognized as a masterpiece of American Gothic literature. The narrator, receives a request for help from an ill friend. The house of his friend has an unusual crack going from the roof to the front. His friend asks the narrator's help in interring his dead sister in the family crypt in preparation for her burial. What follows is a...