Tales from Edgar Allan Poe: Volume 2

Edgar Allan Poe

2024年2月 · Tales from Edgar Allan Poe 2 巻 · Listen & Live Audio · ナレーション: Patrick Lawlor

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Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, 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 considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction.

Here is a second collection of some of his best stories: "Masque of the Red Death", "Three Sundays In A Week", "The Sphinx", and "Hop-Frog".

Don't miss the other volumes in the Tales from Edgar Allan Poe collection.

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著者について

Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 1809. In 1827, he enlisted in the United States Army and his first collection of poems, Tamerlane and Other Poems, was published. In 1835, he became the editor of the Southern Literary Messenger. Over the next ten years, Poe would edit a number of literary journals including the Burton's Gentleman's Magazine and Graham's Magazine in Philadelphia and the Broadway Journal in New York City. It was during these years that he established himself as a poet, a short story writer, and an editor. His works include The Fall of the House of Usher, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Mystery of Marie Roget, A Descent into the Maelstrom, The Masque of the Red Death, and The Raven. He struggle with depression and alcoholism his entire life and died on October 7, 1849 at the age of 40.