Un relato de Poe: El gato negro

by Edgar Allan Poe, Doris Rolfe (Translator)

Overview

El protagonista de "El gato negro" traza un espeluznante relato de cómo su vida se ha visto trastocada por sus excesos con el alcohol, y la demoníaca intervención de su animal doméstico, un gato negro, al que su esposa adora. En uno de sus ataques de ira y locura, intenta ahorcar al animal y este queda tuerto. El gato se convertirá primero en su obsesión, y, después, en el dedo acusador de su espantoso crimen. Esta historia, en la que el peso de la culpa conduce al protagonista a la confesión final, da título a la recopilación de cuentos de Poe publicada por Anaya en la colección Tus Libros-Selección. [Edición anotada]

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788467841169
Publisher:	ANAYA INFANTIL Y JUVENIL
Publication date:	11/15/2012
Series:	CLÁSICOS - Tus Libros-Selección
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
File size:	78 KB
Age Range:	12 Years
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.