El diablo en el campanario

by Edgar Allan Poe

Overview

Todos saben de una manera vaga que el lugar más bello del mundo es -o era, desgraciadamente- el pueblo holandés de Vondervotteimittiss. Sin embargo, como se encuentra a cierta distancia de todas las grandes vías, en una situación por decirlo así extraordinaria, probablemente lo haya visitado un corto número de mis lectores. Por está razón considero oportuno, para entretenimiento de aquellos que no hayan podido hacerlo, entrar en algunos pormenores con respecto a él. Y esto es realmente tanto más necesario cuanto que si me propongo relatar los calamitosos acontecimientos ocurridos últimamente dentro de sus límites, es sólo con la esperanza de conquistar para sus habitantes la simpatía popular. Ninguno de quienes me conocen dudar de que el deber que me impongo no sea ejecutado con toda la habilidad de que soy capaz, con esa rigurosa imparcialidad, escrupulosa comprobación de los hechos y a ardua confrontación de autoridades, que deben distinguir siempre a aquel que aspira al título de historiador.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781507731529
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	01/26/2015
Series:	Biblioteca Edgar Allan Poe , #12
Pages:	26
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.06(d)
Language:	Spanish

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.