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| Title | : | Tales of Mystery and Imagination |
| Author | : | Edgar Allan Poe |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 112 pages |
| Published | : | September 1st 1996 by Creative Editions (first published 1842) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Horror. Fiction. Short Stories. Mystery |
Edgar Allan Poe
Hardcover | Pages: 112 pages Rating: 4.16 | 7729 Users | 394 Reviews
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It's unfair to just burying Poe in the "Horror" tomb, with a Raven & a Black Cat..
Reading this volume I really see how HUGE his imagination was, how it was ahead of his times.
From traveling over the ocean by a air transportation... or to the moon..
Or inventing the first Detective story ever..
Or his delving into the matter, death, soul, mind and even God and free well by hypothesis.
Or of course, the delving into the man's Conscience, guilt and self-destruction..
There's even kind of Romance, Fantasy, adventure, treasure hunt, code breaking, satire...
He inspired Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Arthur Conan Doyle with crime novels,
And inspired Jules Verne ,then H G Wells and even recently Andy Weir with his science fiction stories,
And so more... just by his wild imagination..
So the five stars here are for his originality and innovations in stories..
Which is not just little Horror Stories..
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Personal Note:
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In order to enjoy his stories, I read first the Arabic -complete, unbridged- translation of it... then reviewing and fast readin it in its original forum, since Poe use a bit hard language for me and he's got a way in 'digression' sometimes and complex sentences.
So I skipped few stories here till I have the translation of it-and even enjoyed some stories that aren't in this edition-, so I'll be back to this book again soon.
Mohammed Arabey
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| Original Title: | Tales of Mystery and Imagination |
| ISBN: | 0151002347 (ISBN13: 9780151002344) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | C. Auguste Dupin |
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Ratings: 4.16 From 7729 Users | 394 ReviewsComment On Epithetical Books Tales of Mystery and Imagination
"An artist is usually a damned liar, but his art, if it be art, will tell you the truth of his day." D.H. Lawrence.Burying people alive, ghosts, macabre deaths of usually delicate and young women, dark magic, effects of inebriation and hallucination, torture, whirlpools sucking people out of their time, fatal plagues, abnormal psychological states, obsessional behaviors... William Blake in prose.If D.H. Lawrence was any close to right about his predicament I wouldn't have liked to be in"Tales of Mystery and Imagination"Written by Edgar Allan PoeReview written by Diana IozziaThe collection of short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, known as "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" is a wonderful classic in the horror and mystery genres. I have been a reader of Edgar Allan Poe for years, for at least most of my childhood and adulthood. Due to this, I had read a few of the stories in the collection, but I was relatively impressed by the other ones I had not yet heard of."The Gold Bug" is a
First who reads Poe to their kiddies though I suppose it's no worse than some of the fairy stories the kids like. Speaking of fairy tales, though I know it's not his best, I couldn't help wishing 'The Island of the Fay' was included not because it's his best story but because I think it would make for an evocative illustration. Obviously not all of Poe's stories are included in this volume though probably two-thirds are. I think every story has a picture though not all have a color illustration.
TOP PICKS:-The Gold-Bug-The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar-The Black Cat-The Masque of the Red Death-The Cask of Amontillado-The Imp of the Perverse-The Oval Portrait-The Tell-Tale Heart-Berenice
Some stories in this collection are better than others. For example, Edgar Allan Poe's detective stories such as "The Murders in Rue Morgue" or "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt" were inferior in quality in comparison with "The Fall of the House of Usher", "The Pit and the Pendulum", and my absolute favorite, "The Black Cat". This story is, to my mind, the pinnacle of Poe's macabre genius (as far as his prose goes), as it shows vividly the gradual mental breakdown from first person perspective. Not to
Partly, but quite sufficiently different selection of Poe's stories compared to Selected Tales, which I also have and re-read from time to time. Absorbing, suspenseful, chilling and very very good!
A huge collection of tales which reflect Poe's remarkable versatility and range as an author. His brilliance is not in doubt, and a number of the grotesque horror tales he is most identified with are simply radiant and well told. Once your brain manages to embrace his florid (perhaps once could also say dated) style it is easy to lose yourself as if hypnotised in the worlds he builds. Poe can cleverly manage tension and deliver extremely satisfying endings. This is a substantial collection
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