Artistul sacrifică totul pentru artă. "Nuvela" (după cum a fost denumită) este de factură romantică şi reprezintă o anomalie a Meşterului Manole în domeniul pictural. "El era o fire pasionată, studios, auster, care, de fapt, se căsătorise dinainte cu Arta. Ea, iubind şi îndrăgind totul; urând doar Arta care-i era rivală.

The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

I was surprised by what I found in here. Poe was slightly different to what I thought. He is very much shrouded in shadow and the macabre, at least, his more successful stories and poems were. But there were also some very basic stories in here, some that felt like they weren’t even written by the same person. For every great piece of literature, there were two mediocre ones. I disliked the crime stories in particular. The best ones, for me, were the ones where the narrator laments a lost love on the cusp of insanity: these stories were simply beautiful. Speaking of Poe’s death, he was found in poor condition wearing clothes that were not his own and taken to a hospital where he would die a few days later (Oct 7, 1849). In the end, he repeatedly called out the name Reynolds—nobody is certain who that was—and his dying words were ‘Lord help my poor soul.’ All the medical records and his death certificate have been lost, so even in dying Poe has left us one last mystery to keep him in our memories.For all Poe’s Gothic Romanticism, horror and humour, his metafictional objectives make his tales that much more interesting, entertaining and relevant to our time. The Gold-Bug” concerns the hunt for a buried treasure, the secret location of which is revealed in a coded map. What is concealed can be discovered, if the code is deciphered and the enigma solved. A logic is required to both encipher and decipher the message. The narrator comments: I was introduced to Edgar Allen Poe when I was around 11 or 12 years old by a teacher at a small school in Tennessee (thank you Ms. Arnold) and have read him often ever since. If you haven't met Mr. Poe and his characters you have a great treat ahead. The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion": 1.5 - read 11/14/2021. Forgettable but okay...a science fiction/post-apocalyptic story which is pretty cool for the time period. It was just very short with not a lot to it. I am perpetually reading this book, it used to have a big sign on it that said "for really big poops" but it got lost along the way. Although, the spirit of the book still remains and it lives in the bathroom with its other toilet brethren.

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Poe pursues the counter-intuitive in “The Purloined Letter”, the facts of which Dupin describes as “simple and odd”, as well as a mystery that is “a little too plain, a little too self-evident”. Nişte pagini care, pe lângă faptul că m-au făcut să uit cu desăvârşire de "realitate", au trezit în mine spiritul de detectiv. O chestiune interesantă: deşi am fost extrem de atent astfel încât să pot anticipa crima şi făptaşul ei, am rămas buimăcit la aflarea verdictului dat de narator. These are just a few of my favorites. Though I love Poe's gothic horror tales and several of his poems, I really can't say I enjoyed any of his satires or mystery/crime stories. Fără doar şi poate, scrierea a stârnit vâlvă în epocă, descriind amănunţit (şi ştiinţific) originea balonului. Astăzi n-ar mai avea efectul scontat The Masque of the Red Death": 4 - read 9/19/2021. Oddly timely considering that the MET Gala still happened while the COVID pandemic rages on...The Murders in the Rue Morgue": 3 - read 10/3/2021. A murderous orangutan in France. Odd. I'm pretty sure I've read this before because the explanation was familiar. This short story is a marvel. It appears confusing and contradictory, but if you stop and consider who is actually speaking then its true nature is revealed. Admittedly, on my first read I was a little lost, though after a second read I began to see it for what it was. This is not as approachable as some of Poe’s other works, and it really isn’t an advisable starting point for the author. But, the short story is wonderful, truly wonderful. It highlights the working of the mind in a state of sheer depravity; it is disturbing and brilliant. I’ve been reading this book for almost three years and it feels so good to finally have finished it! He doesn't only care with the story (that most horror writers nowadays only care about), he is a master of structure and writing as well. It makes you cringe, not exactly by what he is saying to you, but the way he tells it. Going from poetry to prose, you will feel that you are in Poe's world. You will be waiting to be taken to the realm of the dead by the raven, you will be dancing in a ball with the masque of the read death, and be taken to places where horror reigns. It is spectacular, and totally worth your time. The stories still give me chills and the poems are beautifully written. I have to admit that sometimes I have to ask my parents what something means or look it up. You can't just read his work through because you'll miss the point of a lot of things.