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"Loss of Breath." is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. Edgar Allan Poe (born Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 - October 7, 1849) was an American author, poet, editor, and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story, and is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career. Born in Boston, he was the second child of two actors. His father abandoned the family in 1810, and his mother died the following year. Thus orphaned, the child was taken in by John and Frances Allan, of Richmond, Virginia. Although they never formally adopted him, Poe was with them well into young adulthood. Tension developed later as John Allan and Edgar repeatedly clashed over debts, including those incurred by gambling, and the cost of secondary education for the young man. Poe attended the University of Virginia for one semester but left due to lack of money. Poe quarreled with Allan over the funds for his education and enlisted in the Army in 1827 under an assumed name. It was at this time his publishing career began, albeit humbly, with an anonymous collection of poems, Tamerlane and Other Poems (1827), credited only to "a Bostonian." With the death of Frances Allan in 1829, Poe and Allan reached a temporary rapprochement. Later failing as an officer's cadet at West Point and declaring a firm wish to be a poet and writer, Poe parted ways with John Allan. Poe switched his focus to prose and spent the next several years working for literary journals and periodicals, becoming known for his own style of literary criticism. His work forced him to move among several cities, including Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York City. In Baltimore in 1835, he married Virginia Clemm, his 13-year-old cousin. In January 1845 Poe published his poem, "The Raven," to instant success. His wife died of tuberculosis two years after its publication. For years, he had been planning to produce his own journal, The Penn (later renamed The Stylus), though he died before it could be produced. On October 7, 1849, at age 40, Poe died in Baltimore; the cause of his death is unknown and has been variously attributed to alcohol, brain congestion, cholera, drugs, heart disease, rabies, suicide, tuberculosis, and other agents. Poe and his works influenced literature in the United States and around the world, as well as in specialized fields, such as cosmology and cryptography. Poe and his work appear throughout popular culture in literature, music, films, and television. A number of his homes are dedicated museums today. The Mystery Writers of America present an annual award known as the Edgar Award for distinguished work in the mystery genre. After his brother's death, Poe began more earnest attempts to start his career as a writer. He chose a difficult time in American publishing to do so. He was the first well-known American to try to live by writing alone and was hampered by the lack of an international copyright law. Publishers often pirated copies of British works rather than paying for new work by Americans. The industry was also particularly hurt by the Panic of 1837. Despite a booming growth in American periodicals around this time period, fueled in part by new technology, many did not last beyond a few issues and publishers often refused to pay their writers or paid them much later than they promised. Poe, throughout his attempts to live as a writer, repeatedly had to resort to humiliating pleas for money and other assistance.

Edgar Allan Poe's satirical short story about a female writer who is told by her editor that she must kill herself and then record the sensations of her death.

Suspense, fear and the supernatural provide the center for this tale by the master prose writer.

Berenice by Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe's short story about a young man named Egaeus who lives in a gloomy mansion with his cousin named Berenice. Egaeus develops an obsessive disorder which makes him fixated on certain objects while in a trance-like state. He ends up being obsessed with his cousin's teeth, which ultimately leads to her murder. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

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A Predicament by Edgar Allan Poe A Predicament by Edgar Allan Poe We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

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Edgar Allan Poe, né le 19 janvier 1809 à Boston et mort à Baltimore le 7 octobre 1849, est un poète, romancier, nouvelliste, critique littéraire, dramaturge et éditeur américain, ainsi que l'une des principales figures du romantisme américain. Connu surtout pour ses contes - genre dont la brièveté lui permet de mettre en valeur sa théorie de l'effet, suivant laquelle tous les éléments du texte doivent concourir à la réalisation d'un effet unique- il a donné à la nouvelle ses lettres de noblesse et est considéré comme l'inventeur du roman policier. Nombre de ses récits préfigurent les genres de la science-fiction et du fantastique.

El miedo al enterramiento en vida era muy común en la época, y Edgar Allan Poe obtuvo provecho literario de ello. En este relato, el narrador anónimo describe en primera persona un trastorno que le aqueja, caracterizado por ataques de una afección singular que los médicos coinciden en denominar catalepsia. Esta enfermedad lo lleva con frecuencia a pérdidas de conciencia muy similares a la muerte, lo que conduce al personaje a un terror pánico a ser enterrado vivo en alguna de tales circunstancias: La mayor de las desgracias posibles, afirma. A fin de que se comprenda esta fobia, el narrador enumera diversos casos probados de personas enterradas vivas. En el primer caso, la tragedia fue descubierta mucho más tarde, al ser reabierta la cripta. In "The Premature Burial", the first-person unnamed narrator describes his struggle with things such as "attacks of the singular disorder which physicians have agreed to term catalepsy," a condition where he randomly falls into a death-like trance. This leads to his fear of being buried alive ("The true wretchedness," he says, is "to be buried while alive."). He emphasizes his fear by mentioning several people who have been buried alive. In the first case, the tragic accident was only discovered much later, when the victim's crypt was reopened. In others, victims revived and were able to draw attention to themselves in time to be freed from their ghastly prisons. The narrator reviews these examples in order to provide context for his nearly crippling phobia of being buried alive. As he explains, his condition made him prone to slipping into a trance state of unconsciousness, a disease that grew progressively worse over time. He became obsessed with the idea that he would fall into such a state while away from home, and that his state would be mistaken for death. He extracts promises from his friends that they will not bury him prematurely, refuses to leave his home, and builds an elaborate tomb with equipment allowing him to signal for help in case he should awaken after "death".

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Large Format for easy reading. Volume two of his complete works in five volumes from one of the leaders of the American Romantics, best known for his poems and his tales of the macabre.

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The Tell-Tale Heart A Cask of Amontillado The Fall of the House of Usher The Masque of the Red Death The Murders in the Rue Morgue The Mystery of Marie Roget The Purloined Letter The Black Cat The Oblong Box The Gold-Bug and more! Also includes the classic poem, "The Raven" Buy this book, and you can enjoy Poe without being poor!

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Historias Extraordinarias De Edgard Poe: Cuentos, Articulos Y Novelas (1859) es una recopilaci������n de los mejores trabajos del famoso escritor estadounidense Edgard Allan Poe. Este libro contiene una selecci������n de cuentos, art������culos y novelas que han sido cuidadosamente elegidos para brindar al lector una experiencia literaria ������nica y emocionante.Entre las historias incluidas en este libro, se encuentran algunas de las m�����s famosas de Poe, como ""El Cuervo"", ""La Ca������da de la Casa Usher"" y ""El Gato Negro"". Tambi�����n se incluyen art������culos y ensayos sobre la literatura y la escritura, que ofrecen una visi������n fascinante del pensamiento y la perspectiva de Poe sobre el arte de la escritura.Con su prosa elegante y su estilo oscuro y misterioso, Poe es considerado uno de los escritores m�����s influyentes de la literatura estadounidense. Historias Extraordinarias De Edgard Poe: Cuentos, Articulos Y Novelas (1859) es una obra imprescindible para cualquier amante de la literatura y un homenaje a la genialidad de uno de los escritores m�����s importantes de todos los tiempos.This Book Is In Spanish.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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Le narrateur est jugé coupable par l'Inquisition espagnole de Tolède d'un crime non divulgué et se retrouve enfermé dans une cellule plongée complètement dans l'obscurité. Il s'évanouit en essayant de délimiter la taille de la pièce en longeant ses murs. Quand il se réveille, il se rend compte, en manquant de tomber dedans, qu'un puits large et profond se trouve au milieu de la pièce. Il s'évanouit à nouveau et quand il reprend ses esprits, il est allongé sur le dos, ligoté, et ne peut bouger que la tête et, de façon limitée, le bras gauche. Il se rend compte qu'une grande lame très aiguisée en forme de pendule se balance au-dessus de lui et se rapproche lentement de sa poitrine. Il trouve un moyen d'échapper à son supplice en enduisant ses liens avec de la nourriture laissée à son intention, ce qui attire des rats qui rongent ses liens et le libèrent juste avant le moment fatidique. Mais les murs de sa prison, enflammés et rendus brûlants depuis l'extérieur, se mettent à bouger et à le cerner, le rapprochant de plus en plus du puits. Au moment où il va chuter par manque d'espace, les murs commencent à reculer et un bras le saisit, celui du général Lasalle dont l'armée vient de prendre Tolède.

Edgar Allan Poe ( January 19, 1809 - October 7, 1849) was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. Widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and American literature as a whole, he was one of the country's earliest practitioners of the short story. Poe is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre and is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career. Born in Boston, Poe was the second child of two actors. His father abandoned the family in 1810, and his mother died the following year. Thus orphaned, the child was taken in by John and Frances Allan, of Richmond, Virginia. Although they never formally adopted him, Poe was with them well into young adulthood. Tension developed later as John Allan and Edgar repeatedly clashed over debts, including those incurred by gambling, and the cost of secondary education for the young man. Poe attended the University of Virginia for one semester but left due to lack of money. Poe quarreled with Allan over the funds for his education and enlisted in the Army in 1827 under an assumed name. It was at this time his publishing career began, albeit humbly, with an anonymous collection of poems, Tamerlane and Other Poems (1827), credited only to "a Bostonian". With the death of Frances Allan in 1829, Poe and Allan reached a temporary rapprochement. Later failing as an officer's cadet at West Point and declaring a firm wish to be a poet and writer, Poe parted ways with John Allan. Poe switched his focus to prose and spent the next several years working for literary journals and periodicals, becoming known for his own style of literary criticism. His work forced him to move among several cities, including Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York City. In Baltimore in 1835, he married Virginia Clemm, his 13-year-old cousin. In January 1845 Poe published his poem, "The Raven", to instant success. His wife died of tuberculosis two years after its publication. For years, he had been planning to produce his own journal, The Penn (later renamed The Stylus), though he died before it could be produced. On October 7, 1849, at age 40, Poe died in Baltimore; the cause of his death is unknown and has been variously attributed to alcohol, brain congestion, cholera, drugs, heart disease, rabies, suicide, tuberculosis, and other agents. Poe and his works influenced literature in the United States and around the world, as well as in specialized fields, such as cosmology and cryptography. Poe and his work appear throughout popular culture in literature, music, films, and television. A number of his homes are dedicated museums today. The Mystery Writers of America present an annual award known as the Edgar Award for distinguished work in the mystery genre.

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eiros. - Pourquoi m'appelles-tu Eiros ? charmion. - Ainsi t'appelleras-tu désormais. Tu dois aussi oublier mon nom terrestre et me nommer Charmion. eiros. - Ce n'est vraiment pas un rêve ! charmion. - De rêves, il n'y en a plus pour nous; - mais renvoyons à tantôt ces mystères. Je me réjouis de voir que tu as l'air de posséder toute ta vie et ta raison. La taie de l'ombre a déjà disparu de tes yeux, prends courage, et ne crains rien. Les jours à donner à la stupeur sont passés pour toi; et, demain, je veux moi-même t'introduire dans les joies parfaites et les merveilles de ta nouvelle existence. eiros. - Vraiment, - je n'éprouve aucune stupeur - aucune. L'étrange vertige et la terrible nuit m'ont quittée, et je n'entends plus ce bruit insensé, précipité, horrible, pareil à la voix des grandes eaux. Cependant, mes sens sont effarés, Charmion, par la pénétrante perception du nouveau. charmion. - Peu de jours suffiront à chasser tout cela; - mais je te comprends parfaitement, et je sens pour toi. Il y a maintenant dix années terrestres que j'ai éprouvé ce que tu éprouves, - et pourtant ce souvenir ne m'a pas encore quittée. Toutefois, voilà ta dernière épreuve subie, la seule que tu eusses à souffrir dans le Ciel.

The story opens with the unnamed narrator recounting a summer sea voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to New York City aboard the ship Independence. The narrator learns that his old college friend Cornelius Wyatt is aboard with his wife and two sisters, though he has reserved three state-rooms. After conjecturing the extra room was for a servant or extra baggage, he learns his friend has brought on board an oblong pine box: "It was about six feet in length by two and a half in breadth." The narrator notes its peculiar shape and especially an odd odor coming from it. Even so, he presumes his friend has acquired an especially valuable copy of The Last Supper. The box, the narrator is surprised to learn, shares the state-room with Wyatt and his wife, while the second room is shared by the two sisters. However, for several nights, the narrator witnesses his friend's surprisingly unattractive wife leaving the state-room every night around 11 o'clock and going into the third state-room before returning first thing in the morning. While she is gone, the narrator believes he hears his friend opening the box and sobbing, which he attributes to "artistic enthusiasm." As the Independence passes Cape Hatteras it is caught in a terrible hurricane. Escape from the damaged ship was made via lifeboat, but Wyatt refuses to part with the box and issues an emotional plea but was denied by Captain Hardy. Wyatt decides he cannot part with the box and returns to the ship, ties himself to it with a rope. "In another instant both body and box were in the sea--disappearing suddenly, at once and forever." About a month after the incident, the narrator happens to meet the captain. Hardy explains that the box had, in fact, held the corpse of Wyatt's recently deceased young wife. He had intended to return the body to her mother but bringing a corpse on board would have caused panic among the passengers. Captain Hardy had arranged, then, to register the box merely as baggage. As passage was already registered with Wyatt and his wife, so as not to arouse suspicion, a maid posed as the wife.

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Le personnage principal de l'histoire, est, depuis son enfance, fou des animaux. Il possède un chat noir nommé Pluton, auquel il est particulièrement attaché. Or, le narrateur devient alcoolique et violent avec ses animaux et sa femme, mais une considération suffisante l'empêche de battre Pluton. Une nuit, alors qu'il rentre chez lui, ivre, il s'empare de son chat, et avec son canif lui sort l'oeil de l'orbite. À partir de ce moment-là, le chat se met à le fuir avec terreur. Un autre matin, le narrateur saisit le chat et le pend à la branche d'un arbre où il le laisse mourir. Pendant la nuit, la maison prend feu mystérieusement, obligeant le narrateur à s'enfuir avec sa femme et le serviteur. Le lendemain, le narrateur retourne visiter les ruines de sa maison, où il découvre, sur le seul mur qui a échappé à l'incendie, la forme d'un chat gigantesque, attaché au cou à une corde. Cette image le terrifie. Quelque temps plus tard, il trouve un chat similaire dans une taverne. Il a la même taille et la même couleur que l'original et il lui manque aussi un oeil. La seule différence est une tache blanche sur la poitrine de l'animal. Le narrateur le prend chez lui, mais se met bientôt à le détester, et même à éprouver de la peur à son égard. Ce chat ne lui apporte, dans sa vie que de l'angoisse. Un jour où le narrateur et sa femme visitent la cave de leur nouvelle maison, le narrateur se prend les pieds dans le chat et tombe au bas de l'escalier. Pris de fureur, l'homme saisit une hache et tente de tuer le chat, mais sa femme l'en empêche. Dans sa colère, il tue sa femme en lui transperçant le crâne avec la hache. Pour dissimuler son crime, il enlève des briques d'un mur, place le corps derrière et rebouche le trou. La police alertée par les voisins vient visiter la cave, mais elle ne trouve pas de cadavre. La police est sur le point de partir quand le narrateur se met à parler du mur en vantant sa solidité puis comme pour prouver ses dires il le tape avec sa canne. Tout à coup un bruit se fait entendre (comme des gémissements), la police alertée par ces bruits arrache les briques pour découvrir d'où ils viennent. Et c'est alors qu'ils découvrent le cadavre. Sur sa tête se trouve le chat, que le meurtrier avait emmuré avec sa maîtresse en refermant le trou. Horrifié, il explique: j'avais muré le monstre dans la tombe !

Featured in these pages are Edgar Allan Poe's best-loved and most-feared literary creations: the clever C. August Dupin, precursor to Sherlock Holmes; the terrifying ghouls of "Tales of the Grotesque" and "Arabesque"; as well as the tragic sensibilities of "The Raven and Other Poems." This is an essential treasury for Poe novices and experts alike.