Master of the Macabre, Edgar Allan Poe
Master of the Macabre, Edgar Allan Poe
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Master of the Macabre
Included: The Fall of the House of Usher, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Raven, and Annabel Lee

Author: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrator: John Rayburn

Unabridged: 1 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/23/2021


Synopsis

Just who was Edgar Allan Poe? Of course he was an author, but there were parts of his life that were shrouded in mystery, like many of his stories. The differences between fact and fiction were intermingled and became even more so after his death.Readers around the world had their imaginations stimulated by his tales of mystery and sometimes horror. He was able to arouse emotions by making implausible subjects and events into believable happenings. That ability made them into literary classics.Affairs of his real life sometimes echoed the frequent bizarre viewpoints that he brought to startling life in his manuscripts.This audiobook features two of his horror variety tales, “The Fall of the House of Usher” and “The Tell-Tale Heart,” as well as two of his more famous poems, “The Raven” and “Annabel Lee.”

About Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-49) was born in Boston and orphaned at an early age. Taken in by a couple from Richmond, Virginia, he spent a semester at the University of Virginia but could not afford to stay longer. After joining the Army and matriculating as a cadet, he started his literary career with the anonymous publication of Tamerlane and Other Poems, before working as a literary critic. His life was dotted with scandals, such as purposefully getting himself court-martialled to ensure dismissal from the Army, being discharged from his job at the Southern Literary Messenger in Richmond after being found drunk by his boss, and secretly marrying his thirteen-year-old cousin Virginia (listed twenty-one on the marriage certificate). His work took him to both New York City and Baltimore, where he died at the age of forty, two years after Virginia.

About John Rayburn

John Rayburn spent part of seven decades as a sports/news anchor on radio and television. He did play-by-play of pro baseball, pro football, high school, college, AAU, and Olympic trials basketball (including NIT and NCAA national tournaments), covered PGA golf tournaments, and broadcast college hockey at NCAA championship levels. He offered personal anecdotes, plus interviews/conversations with a lengthy group of the brightest stars in major sports events. Behind the scenes looks were offered with admiring and amusing takes on teams, individuals, coaches, managers, and others associated with athletic endeavors. World Series Classics are a recognized work of art about the exciting and fascinating world of sports, baseball in particular.


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