Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Narrator: Edward Blake
Unabridged: 5 hr 15 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Listening Library
Published: 06/10/2008
Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Poetry, Classic, Horror
Edgar Allan Poe was born in 1809 in Boston, the son of traveling actors. He published his first book of poems Tamerlane and Other Poems in 1827, followed by Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (which included "The Fall of the House of Usher") in 1839, but he did not achieve appreciable recognition until the publication of "The Raven" in 1845. He died in 1849.
The Tell-Tale Heart- Always awesome. Insanity at its finest! The Cask of Amortillado- I remembered this differently. The Masque of the Red Death- I didn't know this one, but the Shinning did reference it. Pop Culture classic I guess! The Raven - 🖤 Anabell Lee - Romantic Horror at it’s finest. The Fact i......more
Some stories in this collection are classics for a reason: The Tell-Tale Heart, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Cask of Amontillado. Some were forgettable or I just completely zoned out: Ligeia, Berenice, The Oval Portrait. One I’d never heard of but did send a chill down my spine: The Premature Burial.......more
Expand Your Horizons - Read a book of short stories......more
Damn, this dude was seriously afraid of being buried alive.......more
First off, what is up with use of "unclose/unclosed" instead of "open/opened"? Was it not in use in Poe's day when referring to eyes? I enjoyed many of the stories in this collection. Favorites include the Oval Portrait, The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar and The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor......more