from Widsith

I remember visiting the Edgar Allan Poe museum the last time I was in Richmond, Virginia. At the time I don't think I had read any of his work, except perhaps The Raven. The museum was a creepy place, as you might imagine, with a lot of dark wood and eerie pictures and a strange garden that seeme...

from lidaskoteina

Read the bulk of these as an older child decades ago, but some were new to me this time. The landscape-descriptive ones (Domain of Arnheim; Landor's Cottage) did not appeal to me but were interesting as examples of P's writing before he started the heavy supernatural and mystery things; the same ...

from WillyMammoth

There's a reason why Poe is regarded as one of the best writers of American Literature--and indeed literature in general. The man was a genius, practically inventing the current mystery, horror, and short story forms. Therefore, I have to give this book five stars. There are simply too many great...

from AmiloFinn

Edgar Allan Poe has long been my favourite writer. I love his gloomy descriptions of old houses and sinister people, his weird macabre stories, his literary landscapes and the bizarre world he imaginatively creates. My favourite stories are the Fall of the House of Usher, an elaborate haunted hou...

from bnielsen

Indeholder "Introduction", "The Gold Bug", "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar", "MS. found in a Bottle", "A Descent into the Maelström", "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt", "The Purloined Letter", "The Fall of the House of Usher", "The Pit and the Pendulum", "The Pre...