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The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Edgar Allan Poe invented detective fiction with these three mesmerising stories of a young eccentric named C. Auguste Dupin: 'The Murders in the Rue Morge', ' The Mystery of Marie Roget' and 'The Purloined Letter'. Dorothy L. Sayers would later describe these tales as 'almost a complete manual of detective theory and practice'. Indeed, Poe's short mysteries inspired the creation of countless li…
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- 978-0-099-52958-3
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- xxi, 119 hal.; 19.5 cm.
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- 823 Poe m
Outstanding Short Stories (Level 5)
This collection brings together some of the best examples of late nineteenth - and early twentieth-century short stories. Some are about ordinary people to whom something unexpected happens. Others are about unusual characters or events. Some of the stories are funny and others are more serious. All of them are highly enjoyable.
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- 978-1-4058-6510-7
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- x, 107 hlm.; 20 cm.
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- 823 Poe o
Tales Of Mystery and Imagination (Level 5)
Edgar Allan Poe, 'the father of the detective story' and a master of horror, is one of the greatest American short story writers. In these stories we meet people struggling with fear, revenge, mental illness and death. Which of them will win - and which will lose - their battles?
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- 978-1-4058-6254-7
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- ix, 107 hlm.; 20 cm.
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- 823 Poe t
The pit and the pendulum
Having been condemned to death by the Spanish Inquisition, the narrator descends into a kind of hell. Dizzy with weakness and fainting with fear, he experiences such torments that death itself would be welcome. What troubles him most is the eternal question: how will he die? Toledo Prison is notorious for the torture of the condemned. What minds have dreamed up the terror of the pit in the ce…
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- 978-1-906230-80-7
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- 64 hal.; ilus. : 20 cm.
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- 823 Poe p
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