Poe: Illustrated Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Edgar Allan Poe

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Ausgabe vom 30. Nov. 2006
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ASIN: 3899551591 (Amazon-Bestellnummer) 		Poe: Illustrated Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe widely recognized as one of the greatest American writers of short stories and poems and acknowledged as the inventor of detective stories, greatly influencing the modern thriller. A master in creating characters and plots that send shivers down your spine. His dark, gothic, and horrifying tales and poems of mystery and imagination now come to life in this book, featuring artworks by eminent international designers. POE contains nine short stories including his celebrated masterpieces, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Masque of the Red Death and The Black Cat as well as poems including The Bell and The Raven, certainly Poes best known work and arguably the most popular poem ever written. The familiar works and thrilling stories are heightened by elaborate illustrations by contemporary designers such as Usugrow, Casaramona, Jen Ray, Brian Ewing and others. This lavishly illustrated hardcover volume is sure to enthrall Poes most rabid fan and arouse the interest of those who are reading Poe for the first time.