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Clásicos amenos e interesantes, con bellas ilustraciones originales.

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En esta recopilación (única en español y en otros idiomas) hemos querido recoger una buena muestra de estos especímenes en la literatura, desde la Biblia hasta nuestros días, con autores de la talla de Alejandro Dumas, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edith Nesbit, Los Hermanos Grimm, etc., con una mezcla de cuentos tiernos, otros terroríficos, o de acción, e, incluso, alguno educativo...

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From the master of the macabre come four classic tales - brought to life in this new edition with ghoulish delight by Gris Grimly and his wonderfully gruesome illustrations. Ages 12+.

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Horror stories, science fiction, detective stories and satirical sketches -the variety of Poe will chill and delightLocked doors, sealed cavities, bricked-up alcoves and premature burial close in on Poe's narrators as they , like their victims, are cut off from light, air and human society. Partly, Poe's stories resonate as the disordered chambers' of the narrators' minds but also they suggest archetypal, if extreme psychological states.yet Poe was an incurable hoaxer, and in telling some wonderful short stories he also told some excessively tall tales.The most comprehensive paperback edition available, introduction, selected criticism chronology of Poe's life and times.

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Part of the Timeless Classics series, The Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe contains every known tale written by the famous gothic American writer. Poe’s often macabre and dark works, which span the years from 1827 to his death in 1849, include “The Raven,” “The Black Cat,” “The Tell-Tale Heart,” and “Annabelle Lee.” For Poe fans worldwide, this stunning gift edition features a gorgeous deckled edge, ribbon marker, and foil and deboss details on a vibrantly colored case, and includes over 70 of Poe’s short stories, more than 40 melodious poems, and his only full-length novel, The Narrative of A. Gordon Pym. In addition, it also includes a compelling introduction by notable historian and biographer Daniel Stashower.Tales include: The Unparalleled Adventure Of One Hans Pfaall 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 Rue Morgue The Mystery Of Marie Rogêt The Fall Of The House Of Usher The Purloined Letter The Tell-Tale Heart The Black Cat The Imp Of The Perverse The Premature Burial The Island Of The Fay The Cask Of Amontillado The Pit And The Pendulum The Oval Portrait The Masque Of The Red Death The Assignation The System Of Doctor Tarr And Professor Fether Mystification How To Write A Blackwood Article A Predicament The Literary Life Of Thingum Bob, Esq. Diddling X-Ing A Paragrab The Angel Of The Odd Loss Of Breath The Business Man Mellonta Tauta The Man That Was Used Up Maelzel’s Chess-Player The Power Of Words The Conversation Of Eiros And Charmion The Colloquy Of Monos And Una Silence—A Fable Shadow—A Parable A Tale Of Jerusalem Philosophy Of Furniture The Sphinx The Man Of The Crowd “Thou Art The Man” Hop-Frog Never Bet The Devil Your Head Four Beasts In One Poems include: The Raven Lenore A Valentine Hymn The Coliseum Ulalume To Helen An Enigma Annabel Lee To One In Paradise The Bells To My Mother The Haunted Palace The Conqueror Worm To F—S S. O—D The Valley Of Unrest The City In The Sea The Sleeper A Dream Within A Dream Silence Dream-Land Ulalie To Zante Bridal Ballad Eldorado Israfel For Annie Scenes From “Politian” The Timeless Classics series from Rock Point brings together the works of classic authors from around the world. Complete and unabridged, these elegantly designed gift editions feature luxe, patterned endpapers, ribbon markers, and foil and deboss details on vibrantly colored cases. Celebrate these beloved works of literature as true standouts in your personal library collection.

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Sprung from the shadowed recesses of Edgar Allan Poe’s imagination, these nineteen tales of mystery and the macabre testify to the brilliance of their author’s dark genius. Included are such enduring classics as "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Fall; of the House of Usher," "The Black Cat," "The Masque of the Red Death," and "The Cask of Amontillado." Each story is colorfully illustrated by the classic artwork of Harry Clarke, in whom Poe found one of his most sensitive and sympathetic interpreters.

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HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. ‘ “…Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!”Quoth the Raven, “Nevermore.” ’ This selection of Edgar Allan Poe’s poetical works includes some of his best-known pieces, including the triumphant, gleeful ‘The Bells’, the tragic ode ‘Annabel Lee’ and his famous gothic tour de force, ‘The Raven’. Some present powerful, nightmarish images of the macabre and bizarre, while others have at their heart a profound sense of love, beauty and loss. All are linguistic masterpieces that demonstrate Poe’s gift for marrying rhythm, form and meaning. An American writer of primarily prose and literary criticism, Edgar Allen Poe never ceased writing poetry throughout his turbulent life, and is today regarded as a central figure of American literary romanticism. He died in 1849.

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HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. ‘Yet I am not more sure that my soul lives, than I am that perverseness is one of the primitive impulses of the human heart – one of the indivisible primary faculties, or sentiments, which gives direction to the character of Man.’ Including Poe’s most terrifying, grotesque and haunting short stories, Tales of Mystery and Imagination is the ultimate collection of the infamous author’s macabre works. Considered to be one of the earliest American writers to encapsulate the genre of detective-fiction, the collection features some of his most popular tales.‘The Gold-Bug’ is the only tale that was popular in his lifetime, whereas ‘The Black Cat’, ‘The Pit and the Pendulum’ and ‘The Murders in the Rue Morgue’ became more widely read after his death. Focussing on the internal conflict of individuals, the power of the dead over the living, and psychological explorations of darker human emotion that appear to anticipate Sigmund Freud’s later theories on the psyche, Poe’s Gothic terror stories are considered masterpieces the world over.

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Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile cloth and stamped with foil.Arguably America's most influential short story writer, Edgar Allan Poe's tales of suspense never fail to spook and amaze. Gathered in this selection are his very best horror stories, including the gothic tour de force 'The Fall of the House of Usher', the other-worldly 'The Masque of the Red Death', and the murderous 'The Tell-Tale Heart'.'The most original genius that America has produced' Alfred, Lord Tennyson

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Edgar Allan Poe was a writer of uncommon talent; in The Murders in the Rue Morgue he created the genre of detective fiction while his genius for finding the strangeness lurking within us all has been an influence on everyone from Freud to Hollywood. This complete collection of all his short stories and novellas contains well-known tales 'The Pit and the Pendulum' and 'The Tell-Tale Heart' alongside hidden gems that both unsettle and enthrall the reader.

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Edgar Allan Poe (Boston, 1809 ? Baltimore, 1849) es el más popular de los escritores estadounidenses. Las misteriosas circunstancias de su muerte lo han convertido en un personaje de leyenda. Su nombre es sinónimo de macabros crímenes, sombríos misterios y exacerbadas pasiones. Dueño de una pluma tan original como imaginativa, cultivó una obra poética de un intenso lirismo que ha cautivado a todas las generaciones a lo largo de casi tres siglos.La presente selección recoge algunos de sus más hermosos poemas de amor, en una traducción enteramente rimada, respetuosa con el sentido a la vez que reveladora fiel del ritmo, la estrofa y la música del original.

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Con motivo del bicentenario del nacimiento de Poe ofrecemos una nueva traducción de uno de sus cuentos más emblemáticos, The Masque of the Red Death. El cuento ha sido traducido, entre otros, por Baudelaire, Carles Riba y Cortázar. El primero ha influido sobre las traducciones posteriores; sin embargo, esta nueva traducción intenta restablecer la máxima veracidad respecto al original de Poe e incluye un ensayo introductorio del traductor. La peste negra asola el reinado de un príncipe mientras en su castillo los cortesanos celebran una mascarada protegidos del exterior, hasta que aparece un invitado inesperado... Uno de los mejores cuentos de Poe listo para ser redescubierto.

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Fascinat pels relats d?aventures marineres d?un amic, el jove Arthur Gordon Pym, fill d?un comerciantde Nantucket, se sent cridat a embarcar-se com a polissó al balener Grampus, a larecerca de l?emoció del mar. No pot imaginar, però, els fets terribles que l?esperen, en aquestviatge espantós cap als mars del Sud i l?inhòspit oceà Antàrtic. Dotada d?un ritme implacablei amb factura deliberadament popular i, tanmateix, amarada del temperament fosc i opressiude l?autor, La narració d?Arthur Gordon Pym és un clàssic de la novella d?aventures que, a poca poc, com qui cau en un malson, s?endinsa en les aigües tèrboles del gènere fantàstic i deterror ?tan cars a Edgar Allan Poe?, fins a brindar un dels finals més enigmàtics i misteriososde tota la història de la literatura.

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El Cuervo revoloteó por primera vez en 1845 entre las páginas del periódico Evening Mirror, convirtiéndose pronto en una sensación popular. Este poema narrativo, exponente del estilo gótico romántico, constituye la composición lírica más poderosa de Edgar Allan Poe por su ritmo elegante, su verbo preciso y su composición atmosférica. La historia describe cómo un cuervo visita a medianoche la estancia lúgubre de un amante desolado por la pérdida de su amada, para acompañarlo hacia las profundidades de la locura. Un cuervo negro bajo las cortinas de seda; a través de las brasas que, como espectros, se reflejan en el suelo; sobre el busto de Palas Atenea que engalana el dintel de la puerta, repitiendo, una y otra vez, las palabras Nunca más.

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El norteamericano Edgar Allan Poe es considerado como el padre de la novela fantástica y de terror. El Gato Negro es uno de sus cuentos más conocidos, donde combina el horror y la psicología, y es considerado uno de los cuentos más espeluznantes de la literatura.

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Encuadernación: RústicaSomos conscientes de los profundos cambios culturales que hemos experimentado en las últimas décadas. La escuela deja ver estos cambios y genera intensos debates en la sociedad. Tres expertos en temas educativos y pastorales (Eugenio Alburquerque, Ángel Astorgano, Francesc Riu) ofrecen algunas reflexiones y propuestas para la Escuela Católica y, en concreto, para la pastoral en la Escuela Católica. Sus reflexiones, situadas en el contexto de la nueva evangelización y de la emergencia educativa, plantean iniciativas referidas a la comunidad, al proyecto educativo y a los mismos educadores.

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An illustrated wit-and-wisdom-style packaging of quotes and excerpts from the fiction and nonfiction of Edgar Allan Poe, organized by theme and presented in a lighter-than-Poe context. This book will collect several hundred quotes and aphorisms from Poe’s poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Quotes will be organized in thematic chapter groupings, and each chapter will be prefaced with several introductory paragraphs that discuss Poe’s preoccupation with their subject matter in a lighter vein. Chapter subjects will include such themes as “Madness,” “Dreams,” “Revenge,” “Mortality,” and “Premature Burial.” Spot illustrations will be distributed through the text.

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Edgar Allan Poe's gift for the macabre influenced Baudelaire and French symbolism, Freudian analysis, the detective novel and the Hollywood film. His psychologically profound stories, which comprise this book, represent the darker side of the 19th-century American sensibility.

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A new collectable edition of Poe's poetry which demonstrates his skilful and imaginative command of the English language. Often regarded as the founder of the modern short story Poe also laid the foundations for the symbolist poets and futurists of the 20th Century, his razor-sharp dissections of the world offering dark romantic notions to the reader. Little treasures, the FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library. Each stunning, gift edition features deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers and gilded edges. The original text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms produced for the modern reader.

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**Featuring Edgar Allan Poe's short story which inspired The Fall of the House of Usher on Netflix**This collection of Poe's work contains some of the most exciting and haunting short stories ever written. They range from the poetic to the mysterious to the darkly comic, yet all possess the genius for the grotesque that defines Poe's writing. They are filled with social outcasts, obsessed with nameless terrors or preoccupied with seemingly unsolvable mysteries. 'The Tell-Tale Heart' and 'The Fall of the House of Usher' are frightening stories, while in the 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' and 'The Mystery of Marie Roget' we find the origins of modern detective fiction. Collectively, these tales represent the best of Edgar Allan Poe's prose work before his premature death in 1849.This beautiful Macmillan Collector's Library edition of Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Mystery and Imagination features an afterword by Jonty Claypole.Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.

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Edgar Allan Poe is credited with having pioneered the short story, having perfected the tale of psychological horror, and having revolutionised modern poetics. The entirety of Poe's body of imaginative work encompasses detective tales, satires, fables, fantasies, science fiction, verse dramas, and some of the most evocative poetry in the English language. This omnibus edition collects all of Poe's fiction and poetry in a single volume, including The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Pit and the Pendulum,." "The Raven," "Annabel Lee," the full-length novel "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket", and much more. The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe is part of Barnes & Noble's Leatherbound Classics. Each title in the series presents a classic work in an attractively designed edition bound in genuine bonded leather. These books make elegant additions to any home library.

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The undisputed pioneer of the horror, detective and science-fiction genres, Edgar Allan Poe was an accomplished poet as well as a celebrated writer of short stories. The present edition contains all of his works in verse, from the major poems of his maturity – such as his famous ballads ‘The Raven’ and ‘Lenore’ – to those he published in his youth and those that were collected immediately after his premature death in 1849. Also included in this volume is a selection of Poe’s essays on poetical composition and prosody, revealing that poetry was at the core of the American master’s vision of literature – something also demonstrated by the significant and enduring body of work he left behind in this field.

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Initially composed by Poe as a public lecture towards the end of his career and considered by him the culmination of all his life’s work, Eureka is an extended treatise about the creation, existence and the ultimate end of the world. An idiosyncratic blend of creative writing and scientific discourse, with unexpected forays into comedy and wordplay, this self-styled “prose poem” is a genre-defying masterpiece. Although it baffled the reading public of its time, Eureka found many prominent admirers, from Charles Baudelaire to W.H. Auden, and has since assembled an audience receptive to its unique appeal as a compendium of European thought that anticipated many current theories and discoveries while also pioneering many elements of science-fiction aesthetics.

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Part of a new six-volume series of the best in classic horror, selected by award-winning director Guillermo del Toro The Raven: Tales and Poems is a landmark new anthology of Poe's work, which defied convention, shocked readers, and confounded critics. This selection of Poe's writings demonstrates the astonishing power and imagination with which he probed the darkest corners of the human mind. 'The Fall of the House of Usher' describes the final hours of a family tormented by tragedy and the legacy of the past. In 'The Tell Tale Heart,' a murderer's insane delusions threaten to betray him, while stories such as 'The Pit and the Pendulum' and 'The Cask of Amontillado' explore extreme states of decadence, fear and hate. The title narrative poem, maybe Poe's most famous work, follows a man's terrifying descent into madness after the loss of a lover. Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 49), was born in Boston, USA. He was a short-story writer, editor and literary critic, and is 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 the detective-fiction genre.

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VINTAGE CLASSICS' AMERICAN GOTHIC SERIESSpine-tingling, mind-altering and deliciously atmospheric, journey into the dark side of America with nine of its most uncanny classics.Edgar Allan Poe was a writer of uncommon talent; in The Murders in the Rue Morgue he created the genre of detective fiction while his genius for finding the strangeness lurking within us all has been an influence on everyone from Freud to Hollywood. This complete collection of all his short stories and novellas contains well-known tales 'The Pit and the Pendulum' and 'The Tell-Tale Heart' alongside hidden gems that both unsettle and enthrall the reader.

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The narrative of Edgar Allan Poe is characterized by dark and sinister stories but also by a fine and subtle sense of humor. He possesses a wonderful ability to build characters and produce high quality work over a variety of topics that explore even his most unexpected edges. This anthology includes his most famous stories such as The Fall of the House of Usher and The Black Cat.

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