Edgar Allan Poe (133 books)

(18091849)

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Edgar Allan Poe was an American poet, short story writer, playwright, editor, critic, essayist and one of the leaders of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of the macabre and mystery, Poe was one of the early American practitioners of the short story and a progenitor of detective fiction and crime fiction. He is also credited with contributing to the emergent science fiction… (more)

 

The Tell-Tale Heart

by Edgar Allan Poe

"The Tell-Tale Heart" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe first published in 1843. It follows an unnamed narrator who insists on his sanity after murdering an old man with a "vulture eye". The murder is carefully...

The Raven

by Edgar Allan Poe

"The Raven" is a narrative poem by the American writer and poet Edgar Allan Poe. It was published for the first time on January 29, 1845, in the New York Evening Mirror. Noted for its musicality, stylized language...

The Fall of the House of Usher

by Edgar Allan Poe

The tale opens with the unnamed narrator arriving at the house of his friend, Roderick Usher, having received a letter from him in a distant part of the country complaining of an illness and asking for his comfort.

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

by Edgar Allan Poe

"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham's Magazine in 1841. It has been claimed as the first detective story; Poe referred to it as one of his "tales of ratiocination"....

The Pit and the Pendulum

by Edgar Allan Poe

"The Pit and the Pendulum" is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1842. The story is about the torments endured by a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition, though Poe skews historical...

Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque

by Edgar Allan Poe

Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque is a collection of previously-published short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1840.

The Cask of Amontillado

by Edgar Allan Poe

"The Cask of Amontillado" (sometimes spelled "The Casque of Amontillado") is a short story, written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in the November 1846 issue of Godey's Lady's Book. The story is set...

The Masque of the Red Death

by Edgar Allan Poe

"The Masque of the Red Death", originally published as "The Mask of the Red Death", is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1842. The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid...

The Black Cat

by Edgar Allan Poe

"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...

Los Crímenes de la calle Morgue

by Edgar Allan Poe

Se produce el bárbaro asesinato de dos mujeres, madre e hija, en un apartamento de una populosa calle de París. Las primeras investigaciones no dan resultado alguno, evidenciándose la impotencia de la policía...

Double Assassinat dans la rue Morgue

by Edgar Allan Poe

Double assassinat dans la rue Morgue (The Murders in the Rue Morgue dans l'édition originale) est une nouvelle d'Edgar Allan Poe, parue en avril 1841 dans le Graham's Magazine, traduite en français d'abord...

The Purloined Letter

by Edgar Allan Poe

"The Purloined Letter" is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe. It is the third of his three detective stories featuring the fictional C. Auguste Dupin, the other two being "The Murders in the Rue...

El gato negro

by Edgar Allan Poe

El gato negro (título original en inglés: The Black Cat) es un cuento de horror del escritor estadounidense Edgar Allan Poe, publicado en el periódico Saturday Evening Post de Filadelfia en su número del...

La caída de la Casa Usher

by Edgar Allan Poe

Un joven caballero es invitado al viejo caserón de un amigo de la adolescencia, Roderick Usher, artista enfermizo y excéntrico que vive completamente recluido en compañía de su hermana, Lady Madeline, también...

El escarabajo de oro

by Edgar Allan Poe

William Legrand, tras sufrir problemas económicos, se trasladó a la isla Sullivan, donde fijó su residencia. Se dedicaba a la caza y pesca. Salía a excursiones acompañado de su sirviente negro, Júpiter....

El corazón delator

by Edgar Allan Poe

El corazón delator (título original en inglés: The Tell-Tale Heart), también conocido como El corazón revelador, es un cuento del escritor estadounidense Edgar Allan Poe, publicado por primera vez en el...

Le Chat noir

A Descent into the Maelström

by Edgar Allan Poe

Inspired by the Moskstraumen, it is couched as a story within a story, a tale told at the summit of a mountain climb. The story is told by an old man who reveals that he only appears old - "You suppose me a...

El pozo y el péndulo

by Edgar Allan Poe

El pozo y el péndulo (título original en inglés: The Pit and the Pendulum) es uno de los cuentos más famosos y celebrados de Edgar Allan Poe. Está considerado como uno de los relatos más espeluznantes...

El retrato oval

by Edgar Allan Poe

Este relato narra la historia de un hombre herido que pasa la noche en un castillo abandonado recientemente. El castillo era suntuoso y estaba decorado con hermosos tapices y cuadros. El hombre coge un pequeño...

Manuscrito hallado en una botella

by Edgar Allan Poe

Un joven desarraigado pero de esmerada educación se embarca en un buque de carga en la Isla de Java. El viaje es accidentado y en el transcurso de una tormenta toda la tripulación, salvo el joven y un viejo...

La máscara de la muerte roja

by Edgar Allan Poe

Relato en el que una misteriosa peste ataca la ciudad de Próspero, príncipe de una ficticia nación, al cual le complacía darse todo tipo de placeres, de los que un rey puede disfrutar, como el buen gusto,...

Le Scarabée d’or

William Wilson

La Lettre Volée

by Edgar Allan Poe

Dans cette nouvelle, le détective Auguste Dupin est informé par G..., le préfet de police de Paris, qu'une lettre de la plus haute importance a été volée dans le boudoir royal. Le moment précis du vol...

Silence

The Gold-Bug

Berenice

by Edgar Allan Poe

El narrador, Egaeus, se prepara para casarse con su prima, Berenice. Egaeus sufre extraños ataques de ensimismamiento durante los cuales parece aislarse por completo del mundo exterior. Berenice empieza a deteriorarse...

Mesmeric Revelation

Le Sphinx

The Devil in the Belfry

The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade

La Chute de la maison Usher

Aventure sans pareille d'un certain Hans Pfaal

Shadow

Le Cœur révélateur

The Angel of the Odd

A Tale of the Ragged Mountains

The Mystery of Marie Rogêt

Ligeia

by Edgar Allan Poe

El narrador anónimo describe las cualidades de Ligeia, una mujer hermosa, apasionada e intelectual de pelo negro y ojos oscuros, que conoció en "una vieja y ruinosa ciudad cercana al Rin". Se casan, pero después...

Manuscrit trouvé dans une bouteille

Le Portrait ovale

Bérénice

The Imp of the Perverse

Hop-Frog

The Assignation

Berenice

Never Bet the Devil Your Head

Some Words with a Mummy

Le Démon de la perversité

The Oval Portrait

A Predicament

Révélation magnétique

L’Homme des foules

The Premature Burial

Le Masque de la mort rouge

A Tale of Jerusalem

Puissance de la parole

The Domain of Arnheim

The Business Man

The Man of the Crowd

Petite Discussion avec une momie

Le Mille et deuxième conte de Schéhérazade

The Power of Words

William Wilson

The Sphinx

Eleonora

The Oblong Box

The Colloquy of Monos and Una

Bon-Bon

Ombre

Une Descente dans le Maelström

Ligeia

La Vérité sur le cas de M. Valdemar

MS. Found in a Bottle

Le Puit et le pendule

The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar

Le Diable dans le beffroi

Silence

L’Île de la fée

The Balloon-Hoax

Morella

The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether

Le Canard au Ballon

L’Ange du bizarre

Why the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling

Four Beasts in One

La Barrique d’amontillado

Philosophie de l’ameublement

The Island of the Fay

X-ing a Paragrab

Metzengerstein

Diddling Considered as One of the Exact Sciences

King Pest

Hop-Frog

The Spectacles

Eleonora

Les aventures d'Arthur Gordon Pym de Nantucket

How to Write a Blackwood Article

Souvenirs de M. Auguste Bedloe

The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall

The Man That Was Used Up

The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion

Mystification

Thou Art the Man

Loss of Breath

Le Mystère de Marie Roget

Quatre bêtes en une

Le Roi Peste

The Landscape Garden

Conversation d’Eiros avec Charmion

William Wilson

The Journal of Julius Rodman

Le Duc de l’Omelette

Un Événement à Jérusalem

Le Système du docteur Goudron et du professeur Plume

Le Domaine d’Arnheim

Three Sundays in a Week

Landor's Cottage

Colloque entre Monos et Una

Von Kempelen and His Discovery

Ligeia

Mellonta Tauta

The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq.

Morella

Lionizing

Le Cottage Landor

Lionnerie

Metzengerstein

Mellonta Tauta

The Duc de L'Omelette

Derniers contes

by Edgar Allan Poe

Moins connus que les Histoires extraordinaires ou les Histoires grotesques, ces textes intéresseront tous les amateurs de Poe.

Les Aventures d'Arthur Gordon Pym de Nantucket

by Edgar Allan Poe

Dans la préface au récit de ses aventures, Arthur Gordon Pym rapporte que, revenu depuis peu aux États-Unis après avoir vécu une série d'aventures plus extraordinaires les unes que les autres, il a rencontré...

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