Die schwarze Katze: und andere Erzählungen

by Edgar Allan Poe

Overview

"Die Katze war mein bevorzugter Freund und Spielkamerad." Es ist der Tag seiner Hinrichtung. Um mit seinem Gewissen ins Reine zu kommen, schildert der Erzähler dem Leser, wie es kommt, dass er sich auf dem Weg zum Galgen wiederfindet. Alles begann mit einer schwarzen Katze... Edgar Allan Poe (1809 -1849) ist am besten bekannt für sein Werk "Der Rabe". Er gilt als einer der frühesten Vertreter des Horror-Genres und hat dessen Entwicklung tiefgehend geprägt.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783958554276
Publisher:	fabula Verlag Hamburg
Publication date:	06/26/2022
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.27(d)
Language:	German

About the Author

Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was orphaned at the age of three and adopted by a wealthy Virginia family with whom he had a troubled relationship. He excelled in his studies of language and literature at school, and self-published his first book, Tamerlane and Other Poems, in 1827. In 1830, Poe embarked on a career as a writer and began contributing reviews and essays to popular periodicals. He also wrote sketches and short fiction, and in 1833 published his only completed novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. Over the next five years he established himself as a master of the short story form through the publication of "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and other well–known works. In 1841, he wrote "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," generally considered the first modern detective story. The publication of The Raven and Other Poems in 1845 brought him additional fame as a poet.