Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions)

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E sumbru, e aproape strigător la cer cât de mult te poate influenţa o operă. Aceste proze scurte, aceste scrieri ale groazei şi ale grotescului nu-mi trezesc interesul direct într-un mod deosebit, dat fiind că relaţia mea cu supranaturalul e una şubredă, însă citirea lor inundă sufletul cititorului cu melancolie neagră.

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A list of films and television series, both directly and indirectly inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe.

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In contrast, in “A Descent into the Maelstrom”, Poe describes the loss of a ship and most of its crew (the narrator survives) in the abyss created by “a great whirlpool of the Maelstrom” in words ostensibly borrowed from the Encyclopaedia Brittanica, to which “my imagination most readily assented”. Childhood: Poe was born to traveling actors and orphaned at a young age when his mother died of tuberculosis. He was taken in by John Allan, a wealthy tobacco merchant, but their relationship was strained, and Poe was later disowned by Allan.

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Similarly, in “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar”, “a garbled and exaggerated account [of a supposed crime] made its way into society, and became the source of many unpleasant misrepresentations; and, very naturally, of a great deal of disbelief.”

M-a ZĂPĂCIT!!! Nuvela asta este, par excellence, o metaforă!!! Nici n-am cuvinte să o descriu! E prima scriere-metaforă pe care o citesc! "Ochelarii", auzi?! am rămas complet buimăcit! The Fall of the House of Usher is a story I don't remember a lot of, so I'll definitely re-read it soon. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe" - A complete collection of Poe's poems, short stories, and essays, including "The Raven,""The Tell-Tale Heart," and "The Philosophy of Composition."