Résultats de "Edgar Allan Poe" dans Toutes les catégories

Ein König liebt es, derbe Späße zu machen und sucht nach billiger Unterhaltung oder Ablenkung. Er veranstaltet deshalb immer wieder große Feste, um sich selbst und seinen Hofstaat zu amüsieren. Zu diesem Zweck hält er einen verkrüppelten Narren und eine zwergenhafte Tänzerin namens Tripetta an seinem Hof gefangen. Jeder am Hofe lacht über den Krüppel und demütigt ihn ungeniert. Man hat ihm den Namen Hopp-Frosch gegeben, weil jener nicht richtig laufen kann.

The Raven Edition of the works of Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) presents his complete literary output in five volumes. The second volume contains 22 stories, which illustrate the author's fascination with the macabre, the unexpected, and the terrifying.

Ten more extraordinary tales of terror, penned by the prolific horror masters of old. From Lovecraft's take on the Yuletide and the Black Veil of Nathaniel Hawthorne, to the tragedy of Bierce's Owl Creek Bridge and Sheridan Le Fanu's authentic narrative of a Haunted House.

Hier versammeln sich Geister jeder Art: geheimnisvolle Erscheinungen, furchteinflößende Gespenster, aber auch mitleiderregende Überbleibsel vergangener Zeiten. So erzählt Edgar Allan Poe gruselig von den unheimlichen Ereignissen im "Hause Usher". Ein mysteriöser "Horla" treibt Guy de Maupassants Protagonisten in den Wahnsinn. Ludwig Bechstein berichtet vom "Fliegenden Holländer", dessen Geisterschiff zum ewigen Umherirren auf den Meeren verdammt ist.

This collection of short stories contains several gothic tales to bear macabre and chilling witness to writers as diverse as Charles Dickens, HP Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe and Jerome K Jerome. These tales are designed to unsettle you, just a little, as you sit back, and take in their words as they lead you on a walk to places you’d perhaps rather not visit on your own.

Six classic ghost stories from six classic authors, narrated by Phillip J Mather: "A Haunted House" by Virginia Woolf"; "The Image of the Lost Soul" by H H Munro [Saki]; "A Ghost" by Guy de Maupassant; "The Oval Portrait" by Edgar Allan Poe; "A Ghost Story" by Mark Twain; "The Trial for Murder" by Charles Dickens.

A spine-tingling collection of classic ghost stories – a perfect way to pass those long winter nights! This set contains "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe, "The Horla" by Guy de Maupassant, "Sredni Vashtar" by Saki, "The Mark of the Beast" by Rudyard Kipling, "Lost Hearts" by M.R. James and "The Furnished Room" by O. Henry.

The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar tells the tale of a mesmerist who puts a man in a suspended hypnotic state at the moment of death to see if he can communicate with him after he is dead. While a tale of suspense and horror, it was also, at the time of its publication, a bit of a hoax since it was published without claiming to be fictional, and many took it to be a factual. Poe toyed with this for a while before admitting it was a work of pure fiction.

Written in 1843, "The Tell-Tale Heart" is a dark and eerie tale of a man's unhealthy obsession that leads him to commit murder. Will his paranoia get him caught? This is one of Poe's finest and most memorable short stories!

This is a story from the Fall of the House of Usher collection. The horrors of the Spanish Inquisition, with its dungeon of death, and the overhanging gloom on the House of Usher demonstrate unforgettably the unique imagination of Edgar Allan Poe. Unerringly, he touches upon some of our greatest nightmares: Premature burial, ghostly transformation, words from beyond the grave. Written in the 1840s, they have retained their power to shock and frighten even now.

In "The Pit and the Pendulum," one of his most famous short works, a condemned man is judged guilty by the Spanish Inquisition and sentenced to die. Locked away in a pitch-black cell, he soon discovers a pit in the center of the room, a watery grave at its base. Above him hangs a large, razor-sharp pendulum. As the man is slowly tortured, he must face either the pit or the pendulum.

"A Descent Into The Maelstrom" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe that first appeared in the May 1841 edition of Graham's Magazine. In the tale, a man recounts how he survived a shipwreck and a whirlpool. It has been grouped with Poe's tales of ratiocination and also labeled an early form of science fiction.

Selections include "The Robber Bridegroom" by Washington Irving, "The Stolen White Elephant" by Mark Twain, "Chickamauga" by Ambrose Bierce, "The Mission of Jane" by Edith Wharton, and "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe.

Edgar Allan Poe's classic tale of horror is narrated by renown Seattle artist Joe Reno. Originally produced for a multimedia art exhibition to showcase the short story, Reno gives a reading sure to wrap you up with the mystery and madness of true artistic genius. The companion ebook edition features fantastic and spooky illustrations by Michael Matewauk.

Der Großmeister des Grauens erzählt in Die Grube und das Pendel von einem Gefangenen, der zur Zeit der spanischen Inquisition in einem finsteren Kerker auf seine Hinrichtung wartet.

Das verräterische Herz handelt von einem Mord mit scheinbar banalem Motiv: der Ich-Erzähler beteuert seine Zuneigung einem alten Mann gegenüber nur dessen eines Auge treibt seinen Hass ins Unermessliche. Eines Nachts überfällt er den alten Mann, erstickt ihn unter dessen Bettbezug und versteckt die Leiche unter den Dielen. Doch trotz aller Vorsicht hat der Mörder eine verräterische Spur nicht beseitigt...

Six creepy horror stories of sinister, murderous and ghostly cats. 'The White Cat' by Hugh Walpole; 'The Cat' by E. F. Benson; 'The Cats of Ulthar' by H. P. Lovecraft; 'The Black Cat' by William James Wintle; 'The Grey Cat' by Barry Pain; 'The Black Cat' by Edgar Allan Poe.

A scintillating collection of tales with unexpected endings.

When a letter of great significance is stolen from the royal palace in Paris, the prefect of police is at great pains to discover its whereabouts. The identity of the thief is known, but try as the detectives will, they are unable to pinpoint the hiding place where the incriminating letter is secreted. When the Prefect approaches Dupin for his advice on the matter, the latter sees the solution immediately. An insight from which he is able to profit handsomely. Poe at his most ingenious!

Poetry can sometimes be elusive, the real meaning layered beneath another. In this volume American poets give voice to their nation, their hopes, and their aspirations. Whitman, Emerson, and Dickinson are joined by Poe, Holmes, Dunbar, and others to pleasure our ears and minds with a rambling stroll through their works. It doesn’t define America, but it captures her mood and the flavours of her soul in the early days of the American dream.