В книге представлены рассказы и стихотворения американского писателя Эдгара Аллана По. Все произведения даны на языке оригинала. Знакомство с оригиналами творений классиков зарубежной литературы, науки, искусства поможет сегодняшним студентам составить более точное представление о неповторимой стилистике каждого автора, а также расширит словарный запас, знания об истории языка, фразеологии.
Stories include: The Raven; Hop-Frog; The Black Cat; The Cask of Amontillado; The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar; The Fall of the House of Usher; The Gold-Bug; The Masque of the Red Death; The Murders in the Rue Morgue; The Purloined Letter; The Pit and the Pendulum; and The Tell-Tale Heart.
Stories include: The Raven; Hop-Frog; The Black Cat; The Cask of Amontillado; The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar; The Fall of the House of Usher; The Gold-Bug; The Masque of the Red Death; The Murders in the Rue Morgue; The Purloined Letter; The Pit and the Pendulum; and The Tell-Tale Heart.
Perhaps Poe's most famous work, The Raven was first published in 1845 in the New York Evening Mirror. Known for its tight rhymes, rhythm, and the repetitive response given by the eponymous raven-Nevermore-the poem focuses on that raven and a forlorn man who is distraught over his lost lover, Lenore.
First published in a 1844 literary annual The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1845, The Purloined Letter is the third and final story that features Poe's detective, C. Auguste Dupin. In it, Dupin is approached by the prefect of the police to help with a case that involves a stolen letter containing compromising information.
Edgar Allan Poe´d teatakse rohkem kui õudus- ja kriminaallugude autorit. Käesolev raamat tutvustab aga ameerika kirjandusklassikut märksa mitmekülgsemalt – kui humoristi, kelle grotesksed õudusmaalingud võivad teinekord ootamatult omandada terava iroonia- ja sarkasmivarjundi ning muutuda suisa ühiskonnakriitiliseks pilapildiks. Lisaks klassikaliste õuduslugude uustõlgetele leidub siin ka Edgar Allan Poe iroonilisi naljalugusid, millel ilmneb sageli sügavam ja filosoofilisemgi tasand.
