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H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, and M.R. James: The Ultimate Collection is a fully indexed collection containing over 75 stories and poems from the three most beloved horror and ghost writers in modern literature. Read by three Audie-winning narrators.

La historia sigue al narrador, quien, invitado por su amigo de la infancia, Roderick Usher, llega a la ancestral mansión familiar, solo para encontrarse con que la casa y sus habitantes están marcados por una misteriosa enfermedad. Entre las paredes de este sombrío hogar, se despliegan secretos oscuros y una conexión sobrenatural entre la familia y la propia mansión, conduciendo a un clímax escalofriante que ilustra la ineludible caída de los Usher.

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.

La historia sigue a Montresor, quien, movido por un agravio inconfesable, decide castigar a su antiguo amigo Fortunato sin que este comprenda su crimen ni su castigo. A través de una manipulación maestra, Montresor atrae a Fortunato a las profundidades de su bodega con la promesa de un vino exquisito, desencadenando una conclusión aterradora y claustrofóbica.

In Edgar Allan Poe’s gripping tale of survival and cosmic terror, A Descent into the Maelström plunges listeners into a tempest of elemental fury and existential dread. Set amidst the wild Norwegian coast, the story follows an old fisherman who recounts the nightmarish experience that turned his hair white and changed his life forever.

“Permitid que, por el momento, me presente como William Wilson. La página inmaculada que tengo ante mí, no debe ser manchada con mi verdadero nombre.” Así empieza este relato, en que el narrador nos cuenta como, desde pequeño conoce a otra persona que nació el mismo día que él, el mismo mes y el mismo año, e ingresó en la misma escuela en el mismo momento. El parecido de William con este personaje es cada vez mayor, llegando a parecerse hasta en la voz, los gestos, los rasgos…

"Alrededor de la medianoche, durante una noche del mes de octubre, bajo el reinado caballeresco de Eduardo III, dos marineros pertenecientes a la tripulación del Free-and-Easy...", así empieza este relato en que los dos marineros se internan en una brumosa y espeluznante zona de Londres bajo el dominio de la peste. Lo que allí encuentran es algo de lo más extraño. El conflicto está servido.

In The Fall of the House of Usher, Edgar Allan Poe masterfully weaves a gothic tale of psychological horror and supernatural dread. The story follows an unnamed narrator who visits the decaying mansion of his childhood friend, Roderick Usher. As the story unfolds, the narrator uncovers the deep mental and physical decay of the Usher family, mirrored by the eerie and crumbling house itself. As tensions rise, the line between reality and madness blurs, leading to a terrifying and tragic conclusion.

The chilling classic that inspired the new Netflix horror drama, "The Fall of the House of Usher". Venture, if you dare, into the House of Usher... The narrator visits his friend, Roderick Usher in his decaying mansion, only to witness the harrowing unravellings of Usher's mind and the dark family secrets lurking beneath the crumbling ancestral home. A classic tale of gothic horror that has haunted readers for generations.

El relato "El gato negro" se publicó por vez primera en el periódico United States Saturday Post, en 1843. El gato como símbolo del mal tiene una larga tradición en Occidente. En la supersticiosa Edad Media llegó incluso a representar a Satanás al visitar la tierra; era el animal de compañía de las brujas. En el romanticismo se puso de moda como animal literario por excelencia, por su aire misterioso, sus ojos relucientes y su aparente serenidad. El propio autor del relato, Edgar Allan Poe, tuvo en casa ese animal doméstico.

The Ultimate Gothic Horror Collection is a fully indexed collection of classic gothic stories, read by four Audie-winning narrators. Included here are stories by Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sheridan Le Fanu, Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

Delve into the enigmatic and thought-provoking world of "Eureka: A Prose Poem" by Edgar Allan Poe. This unique work combines elements of philosophy, science, and poetic prose to explore the mysteries of the universe and the nature of existence. Poe takes readers on a captivating journey through cosmic theories and metaphysical ponderings, presenting his own ideas about the origins of the universe and the interconnectedness of all things.

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.

London, 1886: When a stranger with peculiar head injuries is admitted to Bethlem Asylum, the doctors are confounded by his permanent inability to recover his memory. Without any form of identity and suffering bizarre nightmares, the stranger soon finds out that he is somehow linked to a deceased nobleman who bequeaths him a farm in the Southern African Cape Colonies. After an attempt is made on his life by a clandestine order of assassins, he flees to Cape Town.

In Ligeia, Edgar Allan Poe delivers one of his most haunting and psychologically charged tales—a story where love, intellect, and sheer will seem to defy the boundaries of death itself. The narrator recalls his mysterious and brilliant wife, Ligeia—a woman of extraordinary beauty, vast intellect, and an almost supernatural intensity of spirit. Her presence is unforgettable, her voice hypnotic, and her eyes—dark, luminous, and unknowable—become an obsession that lingers long after her passing. But death does not bring peace.

In this short yet perfectly constructed work, Poe creates one of the most famous allegories in world literature — a story about fear, power, and the fatal error of humankind. Gothic atmosphere, precise symbolism, and the cold beauty of the imagery turn the text into something almost musical, where every detail carries meaning. In the world of Edgar Allan Poe, wealth is only an illusion of safety, and human arrogance is the shortest road to the abyss.

Todas as principais obras de Poe do gênero moderno por excelência que ele ajudaria a criar - o terror psicológico ou metafísico - reunidas pela primeira vez em só livro, em tradução direta do inglês. O livro conta com os textos: O gato preto, O barril de Amontillado, O baile da morte vermelha, O retrato oval, O demônio da obstinação, Descida ao Maelström e A queda da casa de Usher.

In Edgar Allan Poe's short and turbulent life, he laid the groundwork for the genre of modern horror and, almost as an aside, invented the modern detective story.

"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe in 1841. Poe referred to it as a "tale of ratiocination" featuring the brilliant deductions of C. Auguste Dupin; it is today regarded as one of the first detective stories and is almost certainly the first locked-room mystery. Auguste Dupin is a man in Paris who solves the mystery of the brutal murder of two women.

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, Poe's only full novel, is one of his most unusual works. A riveting story, toldl in the first person, it tells of a disastrous sea voyage involving storms, mutiny, starvation, thirst - and a mysterious conclusion. Jorge Luis Borges and Baudelaire were among those who rated it highly. This recording was timed to mark the 200th anniversary of Poe's birth.