Edgar Allan Poe

The story, told from an unnamed third-person narrator, takes place in Hungary at an unspecified date. The opening passages describe a centuries-long rivalry between two wealthy families: the Metzengersteins and the Berlifitzings. The bitter enmity between the two families is so old that no one knows how far back it dates. The narrator states that its origin appears to rely on an "ancient" prophecy: "A lofty name shall have a fearful fall when, as the rider over his horse, the mortality of Metzengerstein shall triumph over the immortality of Berlifitzing." Young Frederick, Baron of Metzengerstein, was orphaned at a young age and, thus, inherited the family fortune at age 18 (though the age changes throughout its many re-publications). Equipped with enormous wealth and power, he begins to exhibit particularly cruel behavior. "The behavior of the heir out-heroded Herod". Four days after he receives his inheritance, the stables of the rival family Berlifitzing catch fire. The neighborhood "instantaneously" attributed the act of arson to Frederick Metzengerstein (the story, however, does not say expressly if he did it or not). That day, Metzengerstein, in his home, sits staring intently at an old tapestry depicting "an enormous, and unnaturally colored horse" that belonged to the Berlifitzing clan. Just behind the horse, Frederick sees its rider who has just been killed by "the dagger of a Metzengerstein". Soon, Frederick sees the horse move and assume "an energetic and human expression". Immediately, Frederick opens the door to leave, and the action strikingly causes his shadow to fall exactly on the spot of the murderer in the tapestry.

La historia se centra en el joven Frederick, el ltimo descendiente de la familia Metzengerstein, que carga con una prolongada rivalidad con la familia Berlifitzing. Sospechoso de haber causado un incendio que mat al patriarca de los Berlifitzing, Frederick se obsesiona con un caballo salvaje que no hab a notado anteriormente. Metzengerstein es castigado por su crueldad cuando su propio hogar se incendia y el caballo lo lleva hasta las llamas. La historia sigue muchas de las convenciones de la ficci n g tica, pero a veces cae en la s tira o en la parodia del g nero.

Se produce el b rbaro asesinato de dos mujeres, madre e hija, en un apartamento de una populosa calle de Par s. Las primeras pesquisas que lleva a cabo la brigada de investigaciones no dan resultado alguno, evidenci ndose la impotencia de la polic a para esclarecer los hechos. Finalmente se hace cargo del asunto un detective aficionado, M. Dupin, quien tras intensa y brillante investigaci n, ofrece una explicaci n extraordinaria. The story surrounds the baffling double murder of Madame L'Espanaye and her daughter in the Rue Morgue, a fictional street in Paris. Newspaper accounts of the murder reveal that the mother's throat is so badly cut that her head is barely attached and the daughter, after being strangled, has been stuffed into the chimney. The murder occurs in an inaccessible room on the fourth floor locked from the inside. Neighbors who hear the murder give contradictory accounts, each claiming that he heard the murderer speaking a different language. The speech was unclear, the witnesses say and they admit to not knowing the language they are claiming to have heard.

Och ser du, en natt drev det mig åter att planlöst ströva genom Kleinstadts tysta gator? Ingenstans i världen är det så hemskt som i denna stadsdel. Man viker in på en gata och ser endast ett dött mörker, då sticker ur en fönsterspringa en spöklik ljusstråle en plötsligt som en lång elak nål i pupillerna. Ur mörkret dyker ett hus upp -- med avbrutna skuldror och bakåtlutande panna och stirrande medvetslöst som ett slaktat djur ur tomma vindskupor upp mot natthimlen. Och går man över de ojämna gatstenarna och ser sig plötsligt om, skulle man kunna hålla vad om, att ett svampigt, likblekt ansikte stirrat efter en om hörnet -- inte i vanlig axelhöjd -- nej, långt nedanför, där endast stora hundar har huvudet. Här samlas nio sällsamma berättelser av både äldre och nutida författare. Klassiska namn som Edgar Allan Poe, William Hope Hodgson och Gustav Meyrink har en plats i varje finsmakares bokhylla. Men dessutom ges stort utrymme åt svenska förmågor, bland dem våra kanske främsta författare av "weird tales" -- Johan Theorin och Sven Christer Swahn. En bok att läsa med öppet sinne och utan föreställningen att skräckfyllda berättelser måste vara blodiga och osubtila. Ty "varelserna som stapplar omkring i natten" är ju mest skrämmande så länge vi inte ser dem?

Välkommen in i skräckgalleriet: En kvinna säljer sin själ till dödsguden i utbyte mot en gränslös förmåga att döda. En äldre herre vill så gärna bli mördad. Drömmen går i uppfyllelse -- men inte på det sätt han tänkt sig. En ung man vandrar i en mörk skog där träden droppar blod och kroppen efter hans döda moder väntar på honom. Doktorn i den sömniga förorten till London öppnar porten till verklighetens innersta mysterium och måste utföra en onämnbar handling. Skolläraren Ichabod Crane möter den huvudlöse ryttaren i Sleepy Hollow. Detta och mycket annat kan läsas här, i en bok som blandar klassiskt och nytt, utländska författare med svenska. Urvalet täcker allt från övernaturliga skräckhistorier till vardagsnära psykologiska rysare. Läs och låt dig överraskas!

Aventures d'Arthur Gordon Pym (Nouv. ed) / par Edgar Poe; trad. de Charles BaudelaireDate de l'edition originale: 1868"Collection: Coll. Michel Levy"Ce livre est la reproduction fidele d'une oeuvre publiee avant 1920 et fait partie d'une collection de livres reimprimes a la demande editee par Hachette Livre, dans le cadre d'un partenariat avec la Bibliotheque nationale de France, offrant l'opportunite d'acceder a des ouvrages anciens et souvent rares issus des fonds patrimoniaux de la BnF. Les oeuvres faisant partie de cette collection ont ete numerisees par la BnF et sont presentes sur Gallica, sa bibliotheque numerique. En entreprenant de redonner vie a ces ouvrages au travers d'une collection de livres reimprimes a la demande, nous leur donnons la possibilite de rencontrer un public elargi et participons a la transmission de connaissances et de savoirs parfois difficilement accessibles. Nous avons cherche a concilier la reproduction fidele d'un livre ancien a partir de sa version numerisee avec le souci d'un confort de lecture optimal. Nous esperons que les ouvrages de cette nouvelle collection vous apporteront entiere satisfaction. Pour plus d'informations, rendez-vous sur www.hachettebnf.fr

A new selection for the NEA's Big Read program A compact selection of Poe's greatest stories and poems, chosen by the National Endowment for the Arts for their Big Read program. This selection of eleven stories and seven poems contains such famously chilling masterpieces of the storyteller's art as "The Tell-tale Heart," "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Cask of Amontillado," and "The Pit and the Pendulum," and such unforgettable poems as "The Raven," "The Bells," and "Annabel Lee." Poe is widely credited with pioneering the detective story, represented here by "The Purloined Letter," "The Mystery of Marie Roget," and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue." Also included is his essay "The Philosophy of Composition," in which he lays out his theory of how good writers write, describing how he constructed "The Raven" as an example.

The Portable Poe compiles Poe's greatest writings: tales of fantasy, terror, death, revenge, murder, and mystery, including "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Cask of Amontillado," and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," the world's first detective story. In addition, this volume offers letters, articles, criticism, visionary poetry, and a selection of random "opinions" on fancy and the imagination, music and poetry, intuition and sundry other topics.

His reputation has never settled, seeing as many reversals after his death as during his life. Though read and enjoyed ny many, fewer admire him openly. This volume includes all of his poetry and his most important essays.

This single volume brings together all of Poe's stories and poems, and illuminates the diverse and multifaceted genius of one of the greatest and most influential figures in American literary history.

Little treasures, the FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library. Each stunning, gift edition features deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms produced for the modern reader. This beautiful collection of Poe's poetry demonstrates his skilful and imaginative command of the English language. Often regarded as the founder of the modern short story Poe also laid the foundations for the symbolist poets and futurists of the 20th Century, his razor-sharp dissections of the world offering dark romantic notions to the reader.