Nouvelles Histoires Extraordinaires

Nouvelles histoires extraordinaires

by Edgar Allan Poe

A collection of 30 tales of terror and the macabre by master of the genre, Edgar Allan Poe. This second volume of his "Histoires extraordinaires" includes some of his most famous works, such as "The Fall of the House of Usher", "The Masque of the Red Death", and "The Pit and the Pendulum". Translated by Charles Baudelaire, these stories explore the darkest recesses of the human psyche, delving into themes of death, madness, and the supernatural.

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Edgar Allan Poe

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Poe and his works influenced literature around the world, as well as specialized fields such as cosmology and cryptography. He and his work appear throughout popular culture in literature, music, film...

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