They're all here & they're all justĪs morbid and scary as you remember them. This one willĪnd, of course, your teacher taught you poetry by reading your class Taking off from this brisk setup, Poe treats us to one of the reallyĭiabolical tales of vengeance in all of literature. He was a man to be respected and even feared. He had a weak point -this Fortunato -although in other regards Smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my to smile now It must be understood that neither by word nor deed had I givenįortunato cause to doubt my good will. It is equally unredressed when the avengerįails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong. It was resolved precluded the idea of risk. Point definitely, settled -but the very definitiveness with which
Know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that gave THE thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could,īut when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge. The story is off & running from the first paragraph: See the forerunner of everyone from Sherlock Holmes to Nero Wolfe. Most important, theĬrime is solved by the rigorous application of reason. However, reading aboutĪ particularly brutal murder in Rue Morgue, he is stirred into action &Īll of the elements that have become so familiar to us are present here Ī locked room, a bizarre killing, a brilliant but eccentric detective,Īn incredulous sidekick, bumbling police, etc. Reduced to poverty and has shrunken into indolence. With a great intellect & comes of an illustrious family, but has been With this tale, Poe created the detective story. Short stories, you can get everything in a one volume addition like this One of the beauties of Poe is that, since his work was all poetry & Have passed into the iconography of our culture-recall the Tell Tale HeartĮpisode of Cheers, with Diane following Carla around going, boom-boom, Wrote excellent poetry & many of the images from his horror stories
In fact, he virtually created the modern mystery tale, Writers perhaps underrated because he's too easily pigeon-holed as a drug-addled Edgar Allan Poe is certainly one of America's greatest and most underrated
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