Histórias extraordinárias

by Edgar Allan Poe

Overview

Nos últimos dois séculos, o nome de Edgar Allan Poe se tornou sinônimo de histórias de mistério, seja o suspense detetivesco (seu personagem Auguste Dupin inspirou a criação de ninguém menos que Sherlock Holmes), sejam as narrativas de teor sobrenatural, chegando a flertar em alguns textos com a ficção científica. Sua mente altamente inventiva perscrutou os limites da mente humana, as fronteiras entre a lucidez e a insanidade. Esta coletânea traz catorze dos mais célebres textos do grande mestre da narrativa breve: "A queda da casa de Usher", "Os assassinatos da rua Morgue", "O mistério de Marie Rogêt", "A carta roubada", Enterrado vivo", "O barril de Amontillado", "O gato preto", "O poço e o pêndulo", "O retrato oval", "A máscara da morte rubra", "Berenice", "Eleonora", "Ligeia" e "Morella".

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788595463820
Publisher:	Editora Unesp
Publication date:	08/05/2020
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	264
File size:	2 MB
Language:	Portuguese

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.