
Повествование Артура Гордона Пима из Нантакета
Единственный законченный роман Эдгара Аллана По, написанный в 1838 году, впервые был представлен русскому читателю в литературном журнале Ф. М. Достоевского «Время» в 1861 году. На сегодняшний день существует около...
Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is...
"Hop-Frog" (originally «Hop-Frog; Or, the Eight Chained Ourang-Outangs») is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1849. The title character, a person with dwarfism taken from his...
"The Black Cat" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in the August 19, 1843, edition of The Saturday Evening Post. It is a study of the psychology of guilt, often paired in analysis with Poe\'s...
"The Cask of Amontillado" (sometimes spelled «The Casque of Amontillado» [a.mon.ti.a.o]) is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the November 1846 issue of Godey\'s Lady\'s Book. The story, set in an...
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
"The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe about a mesmerist who puts a man in a suspended hypnotic state at the moment of death. An example of a tale of suspense and...
The Fall of the House of Usher
"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...
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...
"The Masque of the Red Death", originally published as «The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy», is an 1842 short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The story follows Prince Prospero\'s attempts to avoid a...
Between 1841 and 1844, Edgar Allan Poe invented the genre of detective fiction with three mesmerizing stories of a young French eccentric named C. Auguste Dupin. Introducing to literature the concept of applying...
"The Pit and the Pendulum" is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1842 in the literary annual The Gift: A Christmas and New Year\'s Present for 1843. The story is about the torments endured...
This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, one of the author’s best-known short stories. It is told from the point of view of an unnamed narrator who is at great pains to...
«Я в жизни своей не знавал такого шутника, как этот король. Он, кажется, только и жил для шуток. Рассказать забавную историю, и рассказать ее хорошо, – было вернейшим способом заслужить его милость. Оттого и...
The Masque of the Red Death/Маска красной смерти
"The Masque of the Red Death", originally published as «The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy», is an 1842 short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The story follows Prince Prospero\'s attempts to avoid a...
The Fall of the House of Usher/Падение дома Эшер
"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...
Убийство на улице Морг/The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Between 1841 and 1844, Edgar Allan Poe invented the genre of detective fiction with three mesmerizing stories of a young French eccentric named C. Auguste Dupin. Introducing to literature the concept of applying...
"The Raven" is a narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. First published in January 1845, the poem is often noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere. It tells of a talking...
«Есть темы, полные захватывающего интереса, но слишком ужасные, чтобы служить законной темой для литературного произведения. Романист должен избегать их, если не хочет возбудить отвращение или оскорбить читателя. Мы...
«Я в жизни своей не знавал такого шутника, как этот король. Он, кажется, только и жил для шуток. Рассказать забавную историю, и рассказать ее хорошо, – было вернейшим способом заслужить его милость. Оттого и...
«Однажды, в темный и бурный вечер осенью 18… года, в Париже, я услаждал свою душу размышлениями и пенковой трубкой, сидя в обществе моего друга С. Огюста Дюпена в его крошечной библиотеке – она же кладовая для книг…»
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...
This book contains tales by Edgar Allan Poe that became innovate literature discoveries at the time and extremely popular in its genre: The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Fall of the House Usher, The Black Cat, The...
This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, one of the author’s best-known short stories. It is told from the point of view of an unnamed narrator who is at great pains to...
"The Masque of the Red Death", originally published as «The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy», is an 1842 short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The story follows Prince Prospero\'s attempts to avoid a...
