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    Tales of Mystery and Imagination
    Tales of Mystery and Imagination
    Tales of Mystery and Imagination
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    Tales of Mystery and Imagination

    Written by Edgar Allan Poe and Margaret Naudi

    Narrated by Multiple Narrators

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    The human mind is a dark, bottomless pit, and sometimes it works in strange and frightening ways. That sound in the night ...is it a door banging in the wind, or a murdered man knocking inside his coffin? The face in the mirror ...is it yours, or the face of someone standing behind you, who is never there when you turn round? These famous short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, that master of horror, explore the dark world of the imagination, where the dead live and speak, where fear lies in every shadow of the mind ...
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOxford University Press
    Release dateNov 8, 2007
    ISBN9780194215664
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    Edgar Allan Poe

    Edgar Allan Poe (1809–49) reigned unrivaled in his mastery of mystery during his lifetime and is now widely held to be a central figure of Romanticism and gothic horror in American literature. Born in Boston, he was orphaned at age three, was expelled from West Point for gambling, and later became a well-regarded literary critic and editor. The Raven, published in 1845, made Poe famous. He died in 1849 under what remain mysterious circumstances and is buried in Baltimore, Maryland.

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    • 4/5
      Terror and mystery. The title words reveal the grotesque imaginations of a genius writer. A lot of the tales have a storyteller who are on the brink of insanity, if he has not altogether lost it. A murderer haunted by the heartbeat of his victim. Another driven to madness by a black cat. One in a dungeon facing severe torture that but from what source?, a haunted house in "Usher", a ship heading for a horrible sci-fi-like fate - and even a rather humorous tale with the title "Words with a Mummy". This selection has 13 of his best known tales. The variety is refreshing. Pit and the Pendulum - The House of Usher - A Tell-Tale Heart, The Black Cat are among them. Missing are his three detective stories (fx the famous The Murders in the Rue Morgue) - I will read them later in a separate collection. OK, it's not my favorite genre - (and definitely not my favorite cover) but Poe has an ability to describe the sense of madness and horror when people are facing death or the fate of their foul deeds. It's just brilliant writing. And also seemingly normal incidents are suddenly turned upside down with fantasy and the grotesque. This is a good selection that will give you a good idea whether to pursue more Poe or not. But do give him a chance.