The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe – 1938

Un’antica edizione di tutta, o quasi, l’opera di Edgar Allan Poe, risalente al 1938. Il volume si vanta di contenere tutta l’opera di Poe, racconti e poesie.

Sono presenti 73 storie e 52 poesie. Fra i racconti sono stati inclusi i saggi The Poetic Principle, Philosophy of furniture, Maelzel’s chess-player e The Rationale of Verse – ma anche altri che spesso vengono considerati racconti – e il romanzo The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym.

Caratteristiche del libro

• The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
• Modern Library
• 1096 pagine
• 1938

Contenuto del libro

• Tales
  • The unparalleled adventure of one Hans Pfaall —
  • The gold-bug —
  • The balloon-hoax —
  • Von Kempelen and his discovery —
  • Mesmeric revelation —
  • The facts in the case of M. Valdemar —
  • The thousand-and-second tale of Scheherazade —
  • MS. found in a bottle —
  • A descent into the maelstro?m —
  • The murders in the rue morgue —
  • The mystery of Marie Roget —
  • The purloined letter —
  • The black cat —
  • The fall of the house of Usher —
  • The pit and the pendulum —
  • The premature burial —
  • The masque of the red death —
  • The cask of Amontillado —
  • The imp of the perverse —
  • The island of the fay —
  • The oval portrait —
  • The assignation —
  • The tell-tale heart —
  • The system of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether —
  • The literary life of Thingum Bob, esq. —
  • How to write a blackwood article —
  • A predicament —
  • Mystification —
  • X-ing a paragrab —
  • Diddling —
  • The angel of the odd —
  • Mellonta Tauta —
  • Loss of breath —
  • The man that was used up —
  • The business man —
  • Maelzel’s chess-player —
  • The power of words —
  • The colloquy of Monos and Una —
  • The conversation of Eiros and Charmion —
  • Shadow–a parable —
  • Silence–a fable —
  • Philosophy of furniture —
  • A tale of Jerusalem —
  • The sphinx —
  • The man of the crowd —
  • Never bet the devil your head —
  • Thou art the man —
  • Hop-frog —
  • Four beasts in one; the homo-camelopard —
  • Why the little Frenchman wears his hand in a sling —
  • Bon-bon —
  • Some words with a mummy —
  • Review of Stephens’ Arabia Petræa —
  • Magazine-writing–Peter Snook —
  • The quacks of Helicon–a satire —
  • Astoria —
  • The domain of Arnheim, or The landscape garden —
  • Landor’s cottage —
  • William Wilson —
  • Berenice —
  • Eleonora —
  • Ligeia —
  • Morella —
  • Metzengerstein —
  • A tale of the ragged mountains —
  • The spectacles —
  • The Duc de L’Omelette —
  • The oblong box —
  • King pest —
  • Three Sundays in a week —
  • The devil in the belfry —
  • Lionizing —
  • Narrative of A. Gordon Pym
• Poems
  • The raven —
  • Lenore —
  • Hymn —
  • A valentine —
  • The coliseum —
  • To Helen —
  • To —
  • Ulalume —
  • The bells —
  • An enigma —
  • Annabel Lee —
  • To my mother —
  • The haunted palace —
  • The conquerer worm —
  • To F–S S. O–D —
  • To one in paradise —
  • The valley of unrest —
  • The city in the sea —
  • The sleeper —
  • Silence —
  • A dream within a dream —
  • Dream-land —
  • To Zante —
  • Eulalie —
  • Eldorado —
  • Israfel —
  • For Annie —
  • To —
  • Bridal ballad —
  • To F–
  • Scenes from Politian. Poems written in youth. Sonnet–to science —
  • Al Aaraaf —
  • To the River —
  • Tamerlane —
  • To —
  • A dream —
  • Romance —
  • Fairy-land —
  • The Lake —
  • to —
  • Song —
  • To M. L. S–
  • Spirits of the dead —
  • To Helen —
  • Evening star —
  • The happiest day —
  • Imitation —
  • Hymn to Aristogeiton and Harmodius, translation from the Greek —
  • Dreams —
  • In youth I have known one —
  • A Paean —
  • To Isadore —
  • Alone.