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Author: Edgar Allan Poe Publisher: Leone Editore ISBN: 8892967592 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 35
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Durante il viaggio in mare a bordo della Independence, l’anonimo narratore ritrova il vecchio amico Cornelius Wyatt, accompagnato dalla moglie e dalle due sorelle. La cosa strana è che Wyatt si è fatto riservare una stanza in più a bordo dell’imbarcazione: una per le due sorelle e l’altra condivisa con la moglie e una cassa di legno che emana un forte odore. Un racconto esemplare che conferma la maestria di Poe nella narrativa del mistero e del brivido.
Author: Edgar Allan Poe Publisher: Leone Editore ISBN: 8892967592 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 35
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Durante il viaggio in mare a bordo della Independence, l’anonimo narratore ritrova il vecchio amico Cornelius Wyatt, accompagnato dalla moglie e dalle due sorelle. La cosa strana è che Wyatt si è fatto riservare una stanza in più a bordo dell’imbarcazione: una per le due sorelle e l’altra condivisa con la moglie e una cassa di legno che emana un forte odore. Un racconto esemplare che conferma la maestria di Poe nella narrativa del mistero e del brivido.
Author: Edgar Allan Poe Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof ISBN: 8726644193 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 17
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When the narrator boards the ship "Independence" for a summer trip from Charleston to New York City, the days ahead look idyllic. His old college friend Cornelius Wyatt is also aboard, with his wife and two sisters, so it promises to be a sociable journey. However, there is one mysterious addition to the guest list - an oblong box measuring six feet by two-and-a-half feet. The box, which has a noisome odour, is kept in Wyatt's and his wife's room. When the narrator hears nightly outbreaks of wailing and crying from Wyatt's room, he investigates. He is closing in on the terrible truth when a hurricane hits the ship - and Wyatt refuses to leave the box behind. His heartbreaking secret will soon be revealed. This book is ideal reading for fans of 'The Riddle of the Sands' by Erskine Childers. Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American poet, author, and literary critic. In a brief life, he was renowned for his poetry, short stories and tales of the supernatural. He is also regarded as the inventor of the detective genre and a contributor to the emergence of science fiction, dark romanticism, and weird fiction. Born in Boston, he was abandoned by his father a year after his birth. Then, when his mother died the following year, he was taken in and raised by John and Frances Allan of Richmond, Virginia. After falling out with Mr Allan in 1827 over his gambling debts, Poe joined the US Army under an assumed name and had his first collection 'Tamarlane and Other Poems' published anonymously. He worked as a literary critic and moved around America, writing as he went. When his wife died of tuberculosis in 1847, Poe's life descended into drinking and alleged substance abuse. He died in 1849, aged 40, with the cause of death unknown. His most famous works include 'The Raven', 'The Black Cat' and 'The Gold-Bug'.
Author: Edgar Allan Poe Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781518818837 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 28
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The story opens with the unnamed narrator recounting a summer sea voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to New York City aboard the ship Independence. The narrator learns that his old college friend Cornelius Wyatt is aboard with his wife and two sisters, though he has reserved three state-rooms. After conjecturing the extra room was for a servant or extra baggage, he learns his friend has brought on board an oblong pine box: "It was about six feet in length by two and a half in breadth." The narrator notes its peculiar shape and especially an odd odor coming from it. Even so, he presumes his friend has acquired an especially valuable copy of The Last Supper. The box, the narrator is surprised to learn, shares the state-room with Wyatt and his wife, while the second room is shared by the two sisters. However, for several nights, the narrator witnesses his friend's surprisingly unattractive wife leaving the state-room every night around 11 o'clock and going into the third state-room before returning first thing in the morning. While she is gone, the narrator believes he hears his friend opening the box and sobbing, which he attributes to "artistic enthusiasm." As the Independence passes Cape Hatteras it is caught in a terrible hurricane. Escape from the damaged ship was made via lifeboat, but Wyatt refuses to part with the box and issues an emotional plea but was denied by Captain Hardy. Wyatt decides he cannot part with the box and returns to the ship, ties himself to it with a rope. "In another instant both body and box were in the sea--disappearing suddenly, at once and forever." About a month after the incident, the narrator happens to meet the captain. Hardy explains that the box had, in fact, held the corpse of Wyatt's recently deceased young wife. He had intended to return the body to her mother but bringing a corpse on board would have caused panic among the passengers. Captain Hardy had arranged, then, to register the box merely as baggage. As passage was already registered with Wyatt and his wife, so as not to arouse suspicion, a maid posed as the wife.
Author: Edgar Allan Poe Publisher: Leone Editore ISBN: 8892967665 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 137
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Parigi, una grisette di nome Marie Rogêt scompare per due volte. Quando il suo cadavere viene rinvenuto lungo l’argine della Senna, la soluzione dell’enigma sembra facile. Tutto si svolge fra dubbie prove raccolte, la scarsa attendibilità delle testimonianze, teorie più o meno affidabili, l’ansia di una città intera e… una traccia sottovalutata. Ben presto la polizia capisce che la verità potrà venire a galla solo grazie all’aiuto di Auguste Dupin.
Author: Flame Tree Studio Publisher: ISBN: 9781783616848 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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Part of a series of handy, luxurious Flame Tree Pocket Books. Combining high-quality production with magnificent fine art, the covers are printed on foil in five colours, embossed then foil stamped. And they're delightfully practical: a pocket at the back for receipts and scraps, two bookmarks and a solid magnetic side flap. These are perfect for personal use, handbags and make a dazzling gift. This example features René Gruau's lively work 'Bal du Moulin Rouge'.
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