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by Edgar Allan Poe
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Musings/Träumereien/Devaneios
Musings/Träumereien/Devaneios rated it 6 years ago
(Original Review, 1992-12-16)Can a reader in this and age fully appreciate Poe? Maybe the age of the reader is significant - I first encountered Poe over forty decades ago - in the sense that time on the planet, life lived, experiences felt and understood, are part of the maturing process essential ...
mattries37315
mattries37315 rated it 7 years ago
Edgar Allan Poe is best known for his dark and psychological poems and short stories that have had an influence not only American literature throughout the world not only in literature but television and film. Yet while a number of Poe’s work has stood the test of time and made a large impression, ...
Abandoned by Booklikes
Abandoned by Booklikes rated it 8 years ago
Man. This was a struggle. The last several hundred pages (400) were just hard. I think at one point I was ready to call for a DNF, but since this is on my horror list read I wanted to finish it. Now I just feel stabby. So Poe did write some great works (The Tell-Tale Heart, The Fall of the House of ...
Murder by Death
Murder by Death rated it 8 years ago
For the classic horror square I chose to read the master, Edgar Allan Poe. Since all of his work consists of short stories and poetry, I chose a variety of titles and my thoughts on each are below: From his poetry I read: Annabelle Lee This is a re-read for me and one of my favourites from Poe....
Alex Hurst Reads
Alex Hurst Reads rated it 11 years ago
This was originally reviewed (along with every single story inside this anthology) over at http://alex-hurst.com, in the series "Tackling Poe". Naturally, to leave a review of everything here would be far too long, so this is the part of the review focusing on this collection's merits!I finished rea...
Thalia @ Pictures in the Words
Thalia @ Pictures in the Words rated it 11 years ago
I don’t remember the first time I read something by Poe. The Tell-Tale Heart was required reading in the seventh grade, and I’d been obsessed with him long before then, but that’s as far back as my timeline seems to go. I chose him as my literary figure to write my biography speech on in the eighth ...
denisebetteridge
denisebetteridge rated it 12 years ago
I read this every year before Halloween. I usually re-read a favorite or two, and as many more previously unread stories that I can fit in. You can't go wrong with Poe!
Book Reviews for the Semi-Literate
Book Reviews for the Semi-Literate rated it 13 years ago
It's always difficult to review such an influential classic. Poe's Gothic horror and fiction short stories are among the most famous and influential works in all of literature. They are as ubiquitous in the school curriculum as they are in television and film adaptations.Hell, along with Dickens, ...
riley
riley rated it 13 years ago
This is probably pretty essential stuff. He isn't the most consistent ever. There are lots of duds in here (well, not duds, but duds in comparison to the best stories here...it's hard to say that any one story is terrible or totally uninteresting). As usual with compilations, here are my individu...
Edward
Edward rated it 14 years ago
Introduction--The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaal--The Balloon-Hoax--Mesmeric Revelation--Ms. Found in a Bottle--A Descent into the Maelström--Von Kempelen and his Discovery--The Gold-bug--The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar--The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade--The Murders in the...
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