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Edgar Allan Poe was a writer, poet, editor and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre, and is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and of American literature. Poe was one of the country's earliest practitioners of the short story and considered to be the inventor of the detective fiction genre, as well as a significant contributor to the emerging genre of science fiction.

The complete collection of Edgar Allan Poe's poems, read by Audie Award-winning actor Peter Noble. Edgar Allan Poe was a writer, poet, editor and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre, and is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and of American literature. Poe was one of the country's earliest practitioners of the short story and considered to be the inventor of the detective fiction genre, as well as a significant contributor to the emerging genre of science fiction.

When Dr. Watson returns to London from a weekend seminar, he finds hat Sherlock Holmes has been arrested. Inspector Lestrade refers Watson to a questionable psychiatric hospital where Holmes is jailed for mental incapacity.

When Dr. Watson returns to London from a weekend seminar, he finds hat Sherlock Holmes has been arrested. Inspector Lestrade refers Watson to a questionable psychiatric hospital where Holmes is jailed for mental incapacity.

"The Business Man" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe about a businessman boasting of his accomplishments. It was published in February 1840 in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine. The story questions the concept of a self-made man. The narrator of the story is Peter Proffit, a "methodical" businessman by his own admission. He says a nurse swung him around when he was a young boy, and he bumped his head against a bedpost.

"The Angel of the Odd" is a satirical short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1844. The story follows an unnamed narrator who reads a story about a man who died after accidentally sucking a needle down his throat. He rages at the gullibility of humanity for believing such a hoax. He vows to never fall for such odd stories. Just then, a strange-looking creature made of a keg and wine bottles appears. The creature announces in a heavy accent that he is the Angel of the Odd - and that he is responsible for causing such strange events.

"The Devil in the Belfry" is a satirical short story by Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in 1839. In an isolated town called Vondervotteimittiss (wonder-what-time-it-is), the punctilious inhabitants seem to be concerned with nothing but clocks and cabbage. This methodical, boring and quiet little borough is devastated by the arrival of a devilish figure playing a big fiddle who comes straight down from a hill, goes into the belltower, brutally attacks the belfry-man and rings thirteen o'clock, to the horror of the town's inhabitants.

"The Masque of the Red Death", originally published as "The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy" (1842), is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague, known as the Red Death, by hiding in his abbey. He, along with many other wealthy nobles, hosts a masquerade ball within seven rooms of the abbey, each decorated with a different color. In the midst of their revelry, a mysterious figure disguised as a Red Death victim enters and makes his way through each of the rooms.

"A Descent into the Maelström" is an 1841 short story by Edgar Allan Poe. 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. Inspired by the Moskstraumen, it is couched as a story within a story, a tale told at the summit of a mountain climb in Lofoten, Norway. The story is told by an old man who reveals that he only appears old - "You suppose me a very old man," he says, "but I am not.

"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham's Magazine in 1841. It has been recognized as the first modern detective story; Poe referred to it as one of his "tales of ratiocination". C. Auguste Dupin is a man in Paris who solves the mystery of the brutal murder of two women. Numerous witnesses heard a suspect, though no one agrees on what language was spoken. At the murder scene, Dupin finds a hair that does not appear to be human.

"The Imp of the Perverse" is a short story by 19th-century American author and critic Edgar Allan Poe. Beginning as an essay, it discusses the narrator's self-destructive impulses, embodied as the symbolic metaphor of The Imp of the Perverse. The narrator describes this spirit as the agent that tempts a person to do things "merely because we feel we should not." The narrator explains at length his theory on "The Imp of the Perverse", which he believes causes people to commit acts against their self-interest.

"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 raven's mysterious visit to a distraught lover, tracing the man's slow fall into madness. The lover, often identified as being a student, is lamenting the loss of his love, Lenore. Sitting on a bust of Pallas, the raven seems to further distress the protagonist with its constant repetition of the word "Nevermore".

Metzengerstein ist die erste Kurzgeschichte von Edgar Allan Poe. Sie erschien erstmals 1832 in The Saturday Courier, zum zweiten Mal 1836 in The Southern Literary Messenger unter dem erweiterten Titel Metzengerstein, a Tale in Imitation of the German (M., eine Erzählung im deutschen Stil). Inhalt: Poe eröffnet mit einem Satz, der geradezu als Programm seiner Kurzgeschichtenproduktion gelten kann: Entsetzen und Unglück rasen in ungezügeltem Lauf durch alle Jahrhunderte.

Lebendig begraben (Das vorzeitige Begräbnis) ist der Titel einer Kurzgeschichte von Edgar Allan Poe, die am 31. Juli 1844 in The Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper veröffentlicht wurde und die Elemente des Horrors und schwarzen Humors enthält.

Ich weiß nicht mehr, wann oder wo ich mit jenem prächtigen Menschen bekannt wurde, dem Brevet Brigadier-General John A. B. C. Smith. Nur soweit entsinne ich mich, irgendjemand stellte mich dem Herrn bei einer öffentlichen Versammlung vor, die wohl aus einem bedeutsamen Anlass auf einem Platz abgehalten wurde, dessen Name mir leider entfallen ist. In Wahrheit strebte ich für meinen Teil diese Vorstellung mit einer gewissen nervösen Verlegenheit an, und die erstickte denn auch andre Eindrücke wie die von Zeit und Ort.

Der Rabe (im englischen Original "The Raven") ist ein erzählendes Gedicht des US-amerikanischen Schriftstellers Edgar Allan Poe. Es wurde zum ersten Mal am 29. Januar 1845 in der New Yorker Zeitung Evening Mirror veröffentlicht und schildert in 108 Versen den mysteriösen, mitternächtlichen Besuch eines Raben bei einem Verzweifelten, dessen Geliebte verstorben ist. Es ist eines der bekanntesten US-amerikanischen Gedichte.

Hopp-Frosch (im Original Hop-Frog; Or, the Eight Chained Ourangoutangs) ist eine am 17. März 1849 in The Flag of Our Union erstmals erschienene Erzählung von Edgar Allan Poe, die von der makabren Rache zweier Benachteiligter handelt.

Der Mann der Menge (auch Der Massenmensch, engl. The Man of The Crowd) ist eine Erzählung Edgar Allan Poes, die das literarische Motiv des verfluchten Wanderers benutzt. Sie wurde 1840 erstmals veröffentlicht, und zwar in Burton’s Gentleman’s Magazine. In der Einleitung wird der Leser unter Bezugnahme auf ein deutsches Buch – den Hortulus animae aus dem Verlag Hans Grüninger – darauf vorbereitet, dass es Geheimnisse gebe, die zum Glück ebenso unergründlich seien wie dieses Buch unlesbar...

Eine Geschichten von Schönheit, Liebe und Wiederkunft: Während einer Wanderung, die mich letzten Sommer durch einige Flusstäler der Grafschaft Neuyork führte, sah ich mich, als der Tag zur Neige ging, in gewisser Verlegenheit, welchen Weg ich einschlagen sollte. Das Land war auffallend hügelig, und in der letzten halben Stunde hatte mich der Pfad, bei meinem Bemühen, mich in den Tälern zu halten, so verwirrend um und rundum geführt, dass ich nicht mehr ahnte, in welcher Richtung das reizende Dorf B. lag, wo ich die Nacht zu bleiben gedachte.

König Pest (im Original: King Pest) ist eine 1835 im Southern Literary Messenger erstmals erschienene Erzählung von Edgar Allan Poe, die das Thema der Bedrohlichkeit des Todes und der menschlichen Freiheit auf burleske Weise behandelt.