Edgar Allan Poe

Author 574 / Writer 47 · 1704 – 2026 · 🎬 47 📖 574 · 🇺🇸 United States

Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales involving mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as one of the central figures of Romanticism and Gothic fiction in the United States and of early American literature. Poe was one of the country's first successful practitioners of the short story, and is generally considered to be one of the pioneers of the detective fiction genre. In addition, he is credited with contributing significantly to the emergence of science fiction. He is the first well-known American writer to earn a living exclusively through writing, which resulted in a financially difficult life and career.

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Histoires Extraordinaires (Balloon-Hoax / Descent into the Maelstrom / Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar / Gold-Bug / Ligeia / Mesmeric Revelation / Metzengerstein / Morella / MS. Found in a Bottle / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Mystery of Marie Roget / Purloined Letter / Tale of the Ragged Mountains / Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall)

1869

Storie incredibili (Berenice / Colloquy of Monos and Una / Descent Into the Maelstrom / Fall of the House of Usher / Ligeia / Man of the Crowd / Masque of the Red Death / Morella / Shadow / Silence / Tell-Tale Heart / William Wilson)

1869

Unbegreifliche Ereignisse und geheimnißvolle Thaten (Assignation / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Devil in the Belfry / Fall of the House of Usher / Hop-Frog / Man of the Crowd / Morella / Mystery of Marie Roget / Oblong Box / Pit and the Pendulum / Spectacles / Sphinx / Tale of the Ragged Mountains / Tell-Tale Heart / Thou Art the Man / Three Sundays in a Week / William Wilson)

1861