Poe Must Die

Author : Marc Olden
Publisher : Sphere
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0708882994

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Poe Must Die by Marc Olden Pdf

Author : Marc Olden
Publisher : Ace Books
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UIUC:30112000766565

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Poe Must Die by Marc Olden Pdf

When Poe created his master detective to solve a crime New York police couldn't, he sets himself up as a threat to a group of spiritualists and graverobbers when the real murderer is caught and Poe's story proves true.

Author : Marc Olden
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781453259986

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Poe Must Die by Marc Olden Pdf

A half-mad, alcoholic Edgar Allan Poe aims to defeat an occultist’s terrifying plot in this “intelligent, suspenseful” thriller set in 1840s New York (Booklist). It is said that beneath Solomon’s glorious throne, books that gave the fabled king control over life, death, and demonic power were buried. The throne has been lost for millennia, but now one man seeks to find it and harness its secrets to unleash hell upon the world. Jonathan is the most powerful psychic on earth, and in service of his god, Lucifer, he will tear civilization apart. To combat his dark designs, mankind’s hopes rest on a troubled author named Edgar Allan Poe. In the shadows of New York City, Poe drowns his talent in rotgut gin, trying to forget the death of his beloved wife. A bare-knuckle fighter named Pierce James Figg arrives with a letter of introduction from Charles Dickens, begging for Poe’s help chasing down the power-mad devil worshiper. Now, writer and fighter must stand together to save humanity from a darkness beyond even Poe’s tortured imagination. This fast-paced tale of historical supernatural suspense, which Booklist hailed as “unfailingly readable and terrifically well-written,” provides “one cliffhanging chapter after another” (Kirkus Reviews).

Author : Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1541007239

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The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe Pdf

Why buy our paperbacks? Standard Font size of 10 for all books High Quality Paper Fulfilled by Amazon Expedited shipping 30 Days Money Back Guarantee BEWARE of Low-quality sellers Don't buy cheap paperbacks just to save a few dollars. Most of them use low-quality papers & binding. Their pages fall off easily. Some of them even use very small font size of 6 or less to increase their profit margin. It makes their books completely unreadable. How is this book unique? Unabridged (100% Original content) Font adjustments & biography included Illustrated About The Fall Of The House Of Usher: By Edgar Allan Poe The story begins 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 help. As he arrives, the narrator notes a thin crack extending from the roof, down the front of the building and into the lake. Although Poe wrote this short story before the invention of modern psychological science, Roderick's condition can be described according to its terminology. It includes a form of sensory overload known as hyperesthesia (hypersensitivity to textures, light, sounds, smells and tastes), hypochondria (an excessive preoccupation or worry about having a serious illness) and acute anxiety. It is revealed that Roderick's twin sister, Madeline, is also ill and falls into cataleptic, deathlike trances. The narrator is impressed with Roderick's paintings, and attempts to cheer him by reading with him and listening to his improvised musical compositions on the guitar. Roderick sings "The Haunted Palace", then tells the narrator that he believes the house he lives in to be alive, and that this sentience arises from the arrangement of the masonry and vegetation surrounding it.

Author : Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher : Memorable Classics Books
Page : 10 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe Pdf

Author : John Connolly,Declan Burke
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-02
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781451696585

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Books to Die For by John Connolly,Declan Burke Pdf

The world’s most beloved mystery writers celebrate their favorite mystery novels in this gorgeously wrought collection, featuring essays by Michael Connelly, Kathy Reichs, Ian Rankin, and more. In the most ambitious anthology of its kind, the world’s leading mystery writers come together to champion the greatest mystery novels ever written. In a series of personal essays that reveal as much about the authors and their own work as they do about the books that they love, over a hundred authors from twenty countries have created a guide that will be indispensable for generations of readers and writers. From Agatha Christie to Lee Child, from Edgar Allan Poe to P. D. James, from Sherlock Holmes to Hannibal Lecter and Philip Marlowe to Lord Peter Wimsey, Books to Die For brings together the best of the mystery world for a feast of reading pleasure, a treasure trove for those new to the genre and for those who believe that there is nothing new left to discover. This is the one essential book for every reader who has ever finished a mystery novel and thought…I want more!

Author : Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher : SAMPI Books
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9786585934138

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The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe Pdf

Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat" is a short story that explores themes of guilt and perversity. The narrator, haunted by cruelty to his black cat and acts of domestic violence, is consumed by paranoia and madness. His attempt to conceal a crime leads to his own disgrace.

Author : Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher : SAMPI Books
Page : 21 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2024-01-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9786561330183

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The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe Pdf

In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death", Prince Prospero isolates himself and his wealthy guests to avoid a deadly plague. Despite his efforts to escape death, it invades his masked ball, proving that no one can escape fate.

Author : Kevin J. Hayes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2002-04-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0521797276

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The Cambridge Companion to Edgar Allan Poe by Kevin J. Hayes Pdf

This collection of specially-commissioned essays by experts in the field explores key dimensions of Edgar Allan Poe's work and life. Contributions provide a series of alternative perspectives on one of the most enigmatic and controversial American writers. The essays, specially tailored to the needs of undergraduates, examine all of Poe's major writings, his poetry, short stories and criticism, and place his work in a variety of literary, cultural and political contexts. They situate his imaginative writings in relation to different modes of writing: humor, Gothicism, anti-slavery tracts, science fiction, the detective story, and sentimental fiction. Three chapters examine specific works: The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, 'The Fall of the House of Usher', 'The Raven', and 'Ulalume'. The volume features a detailed chronology and a comprehensive guide to further reading, and will be of interest to students and scholars alike.

Author : Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-30
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781442441019

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Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Mystery and Madness by Edgar Allan Poe Pdf

A sweet little cat drives a man to insanity and murder.... The grim death known as the plague roams a masquerade ball dressed in red.... A dwarf seeks his final revenge on his captors.... A sister calls to her beloved twin from beyond the grave.... Prepare yourself. You are about to enter a world where you will be shocked, terrified, and, though you'll be too scared to admit it at first, secretly thrilled. Here are four tales -- The Black Cat, The Masque of the Red Death, Hop-Frog, and The Fall of the House of Usher -- by the master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe. The original tales have been ever so slightly dismembered -- but, of course, Poe understood dismemberment very well. And he would shriek in ghoulish delight at Gris Grimly's gruesomely delectable illustrations that adorn every page. So prepare yourself. And keep the lights on.

Author : William Ernest Henley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : English poetry
ISBN : UOM:39015030768587

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English Lyrics by William Ernest Henley Pdf

Author : Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,Stendhal,Jules Verne,Gustave Flaubert,Theodor Storm,Henrik Ibsen,Charles Dickens,Honoré de Balzac,Harriet Beecher Stowe,Rabindranath Tagore,Fyodor Dostoyevsky,James Fenimore Cooper,Edgar Allan Poe,John Buchan,Confucius,,George MacDonald,Bram Stoker,Henry James,Victor Hugo,Joseph Conrad,Jane Austen,Walter Scott,Laurence Sterne,Thomas Hardy,Jonathan Swift,Edith Wharton,Benito Pérez Galdós,Daniel Defoe,Henry Fielding,Sinclair Lewis,Anthony Trollope,Alexandre Dumas,William Dean Howells,Virginia Woolf,William Walker Atkinson,Kenneth Grahame,Washington Irving,Willa Cather,Nathaniel Hawthorne,Homer,Gaston Leroux,Ford Madox Ford,Benjamin Franklin,Kate Chopin,John Milton,Edgar Wallace,Laozi,James Joyce,Ann Ward Radcliffe,Kakuzo Okakura,H. G. Wells,W. B. Yeats,J. M. Barrie,G. K. Chesterton,Jerome K. Jerome,L. M. Montgomery,W. Somerset Maugham,E. M. Forster,F. Scott Fitzgerald,Lewis Wallace,Ivan Turgenev,Leo Tolstoy,Nikolai Gogol,George Bernard Shaw,Cao Xueqin,Emile Zola,Bankim Chandra Chatterjee,P. B. Shelley,Elizabeth von Arnim,Dante,Pedro Calderon de la Barca,Émile Coué,George Weedon Grossmith,Willkie Collins,D.H. Lawrence,Machiavelli
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 20119 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547719342

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180 Masterpieces You Should Read Before You Die (Vol.2) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,Stendhal,Jules Verne,Gustave Flaubert,Theodor Storm,Henrik Ibsen,Charles Dickens,Honoré de Balzac,Harriet Beecher Stowe,Rabindranath Tagore,Fyodor Dostoyevsky,James Fenimore Cooper,Edgar Allan Poe,John Buchan,Confucius,,George MacDonald,Bram Stoker,Henry James,Victor Hugo,Joseph Conrad,Jane Austen,Walter Scott,Laurence Sterne,Thomas Hardy,Jonathan Swift,Edith Wharton,Benito Pérez Galdós,Daniel Defoe,Henry Fielding,Sinclair Lewis,Anthony Trollope,Alexandre Dumas,William Dean Howells,Virginia Woolf,William Walker Atkinson,Kenneth Grahame,Washington Irving,Willa Cather,Nathaniel Hawthorne,Homer,Gaston Leroux,Ford Madox Ford,Benjamin Franklin,Kate Chopin,John Milton,Edgar Wallace,Laozi,James Joyce,Ann Ward Radcliffe,Kakuzo Okakura,H. G. Wells,W. B. Yeats,J. M. Barrie,G. K. Chesterton,Jerome K. Jerome,L. M. Montgomery,W. Somerset Maugham,E. M. Forster,F. Scott Fitzgerald,Lewis Wallace,Ivan Turgenev,Leo Tolstoy,Nikolai Gogol,George Bernard Shaw,Cao Xueqin,Emile Zola,Bankim Chandra Chatterjee,P. B. Shelley,Elizabeth von Arnim,Dante,Pedro Calderon de la Barca,Émile Coué,George Weedon Grossmith,Willkie Collins,D.H. Lawrence,Machiavelli Pdf

Invest your time in reading the true masterpieces of world literature, the great works of the greatest masters of their craft, the revolutionary works, the timeless classics and the eternally moving poetry of words and storylines every person should experience in their lifetime: Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson) A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen) A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens) Dubliners (James Joyce) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce) War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy) Howards End (E. M. Forster) Le Père Goriot (Honoré de Balzac) Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen) Anne of Green Gables Series (L. M. Montgomery) The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame) Gitanjali (Rabindranath Tagore) Diary of a Nobody (Grossmith) The Beautiful and Damned (F. Scott Fitzgerald) Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne) Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift) The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper) Peter and Wendy (J. M. Barrie) The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas) Iliad & Odyssey (Homer) Kama Sutra Dona Perfecta (Benito Pérez Galdós) The Divine Comedy (Dante) The Rise of Silas Lapham (William Dean Howells) The Book of Tea (Kakuzo Okakura) Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Victor Hugo) Red and the Black (Stendhal) Rob Roy (Walter Scott) Barchester Towers (Anthony Trollope) Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe) Three Men in a Boat (Jerome K. Jerome) Tristram Shandy (Laurence Sterne) Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Thomas Hardy) My Antonia (Willa Cather) The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton) The Awakening (Kate Chopin) Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis) The Four Just Men (Edgar Wallace) Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham) The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James) Fathers and Sons (Ivan Turgenev) The Voyage Out (Virginia Woolf) Life is a Dream (Pedro Calderon de la Barca) Faust (Goethe) Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Friedrich Nietzsche) Autobiography (Benjamin Franklin) The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)

Author : Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher : SAMPI Books
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9786561331159

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The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe Pdf

In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart", the narrator tries to prove his sanity after murdering an elderly man because of his "vulture eye". His growing guilt leads him to hear the old man's heart beating under the floorboards, which drives him to confess the crime to the police.

Author : Steve Miller
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-18
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781440509025

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150 Movies You Should Die Before You See by Steve Miller Pdf

Sure, everyone's seen The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. But as you'll learn in this shockingly tasteless collection of great awful movies, there's so much more to the world of truly bad film. You'll dive into the steaming swamp of such disastrously delicious movies as: Young Hannah, Queen of the Vampires Puppet Master versus Demonic Toys Creature with the Atom Brain Cannibal Holocaust Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter For each movie, film buff and reviewer Steve Miller includes a list of principal cast, director, producer, a plot overview, why the movie sucked, a rating, choice quotes, interesting trivia, and a quiz. For anyone who's ever enjoyed awful movies, this is the book to have on the couch, along with the popcorn, as the opening credits flash on the screen for Gingerdead Men 2: The Passion of the Crust.

Author : Phillip Roderick
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780595395675

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The Fall of the House of Poe by Phillip Roderick Pdf

Why was Edgar Allan Poe unable to form either emotional or sexual bonds with the women in his life? Why did he worship at the grave of his friend's mother-a woman he may have loved but who he could have never been intimate with? Why did he marry his 13 year-old cousin and what impact did her tragic death have on his literary creations? Why do the female characters in his short stories endure disturbingly sadistic punishment and torture at the hands of an almost overtly mad husband or acquaintance? Through both a feminist and psychoanalytic analysis, The Fall of the House of Poe attempts to explain Poe's morbid treatment of the female characters in his short stories by examining his own disturbingly tragic experiences with women throughout his short life. Ultimately this book elucidates unequivocally the acute psychological motivations for Poe's profoundly psychoanalytic tales of horror and imagination.