Cuentos

by Edgar Allan Poe

Overview

Edgar Allan Poe escribió alrededor de sesenta cuentos. Algunos de ellos, nacieron al despertar de una de sus frecuentes "pesadillas diurnas". En su obra son frecuentes los relatos escritos tras haber padecido alucinaciones provocadas por el opio o por la morfina.
Sus obras más admirada son un conjunto de relatos policíacos, fantásticos y de terror, llenos de espectros, crímenes, pesadillas, palacios fantasmales y personajes en situaciones límite.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788467006544
Publisher:	Grupo Planeta
Publication date:	01/24/2012
Sold by:	Planeta
Format:	eBook
File size:	409 KB
Language:	Spanish

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.