Edgar Allan Poe

A selection of Poe's poetry and sixteen of his best-known tales, including "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Black Cat," and "The Pit and the Pendulum."

The Tell-tale Heart and Other Writings

Edgar Poe

Horrifying tales of mystery, sickening madness and buried bodies by the master of the macabre.

The Tell-Tale Heart

Tija

Luccas

The murder of an old man is revealed by the continuing beating of his heart.

The tell-tale heart

Amna A.

Stories of lost love, lost ways . . . and lost minds! Gris Grimly’s mysterious, morbid, and macabre illustrations capture four Poe classics with an unmatchable ghoulish charm. This second installment of illustrated Poe tales, a companion to Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Madness, includes the perennial favorite The Tell Tale Heart, as well as The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether, The Oblong Box, and The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar. With little trimming and lots of gory visuals, these stories have never looked better or more frightening!

The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Stories

Bulkan Evcimen

This must be beyond my English comprehension because I didn’t see any point of the stories. 

I only enjoyed The Black Cat and The Cask of Amontillado

“His eye was like the eye of a vulture, the eye of one of those terrible birds that watch and wait while an animal dies, and then fall upon the dead body and pull it to pieces to eat it.”
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A blood chilling tale of madness that packs a big punch despite its shortness.
This Gothic gem felt just as enjoyable and memorable on my second read as it did in first, and I think it might be one of my favorites by Poe.
The mounting tension as we listen to this deranged, entirely unreliable narrator, the patient wait of a predator preparing to jump upon its prey, breath held, so still and wound tight, like that one moment at the top of the roller coaster before the free fall.
All impeccably done. I think this is a good start if you are looking to get into Poe’s works.

i still find this as haunting as the first time i read this when i was younger. though i gave it 3 stars now, this is such a riveting read that i think everybody should read at least once in their lives. (ps. younger me would have probably given this 5 stars)

And, the Premature Burial (Classic Frights)

Geoffrey Froggatt

Edgar Allan Poe’s most gruesome and horrific story. I loved how dark this story was compared to the more gothic pieces in Poe’s collection. I like how straight forward the story was and how Poe didn’t shy away from the disturbing moments, while still shying away from a modern writer’s inclination to stay within the disturbing descriptions. This is an infamous story for a good reason. I loved how this story depicted guilt and the way it hangs over your head. It’s a short and dark tale, and I love how it depicts the unravelling of a killer’s conscience as he descends into madness.

Azaura A

Amina Madadi (ⴰⵎⵉⵏⴰ)

The master strikes again! In this short story, Poe describes the psychological state of a mad, paranoïd murderer who claims his sanity, after giving the very details of his crime.
Dark, but a great pleasure, as we are used to with Mr. Poe

A masquerade ball in a secluded abbey; a vendetta settled in the wine cellars of an Italian palazzo; a gloomy castle in a desolated landscape; the beating of a heart beneath the floorboards: the plots and settings of Poe's dark, mysterious tales continue to haunt the popular imagination. This new selection introduces the greatest Gothic fiction from one of the most deranged and deliciously weird writers of the 19th century. The tales are accompanied by the classic illustrations of Harry Clarke, an artist fully alive to the deep darkness at the heart of Poe's writing.

And Other Stories

J Nieto

The story itself was already so good! But the narration by Ruth Wilson made it so much better!!! She had a very emotional performance that kept me at the edge of my seat. It's a very short listen and included if you are a member. I would really recommend it.

Vittoria Vespoli 

Interesting, psychological, suspense, it’s great or I’m just an Edgar Allen Hoe.

Amy Maddess

I'll forever be a fan of Poe, but I think he is best read in moderation. Trying to read all of these stories successively became a little draining. Good book to read while reading others

Georgia Carr

I've read this in English classes here and there, but I read it properly for the first time today.

Story time: I've been watching a lot of The Following recently, in which murders take place in the name of Edgar Allen Poe - the killers use his works to inspire methods of murder. 

In one episode, a "street performer" recites Poe, wearing a mask of Poe's face, before promptly setting fire to a man on the street. I watched that episode at 6am this morning, so you can imagine my shock when I opened my English paper to find a picture of Poe's face at the top. It was a highly disturbing moment to say the least. 

"The Tell Tale Heart" is an eerie tale of insanity, of murder, of an unreliable narrator, all packed into 3 A4 pages. We read this out loud in class, and that really highlights the literary techniques used to tell such a captivating tale in such a short amount of time, such as repetition of important themes or words. 

There's not a lot of content to review here, but what is there is disturbing but well written.

Sophia De La Garza

This will always be one of my favorite Poe stories

Jade Flynn

Read for my Ancient Runes O.W.L 2020 #magicalreadathon2020. Prompt - Heart rune: heart on the cover or in the title. Career - Auror (done). Extra completed O.W.L

It takes much deception, betrayal, and madness to commit a murder. Even more madness to cover up that murder. In this haunting tale we follow the detailed planning involved to rid the world of an Evil Eye. Will the beating of the tell-tale heart reveal the truth to the police? Find out in this striking graphic novel adaptation. Graphic Planet is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO Group. Grades 5-8.

Tell-Tale Heart

Nikki

One of the best stories I've ever read. Loved the ending. Classic good vs. evil. 

Mica

Me encantó la forma que tenía Edgar Allan Poe de contar los relatos. Es simplemente maravilloso.

Maria

4 stars!!!
I listens to the audiobook narrated by Matthew Gray Gubler and it was phenomenal!! I think Gubler did an amazing job in the way he portrayed the narrator -- I was thoroughly creeped out by the end of the story so mission accomplished I think.
This was the first work that I have read by Edgar Allan Poe and I look forward to reading more from him very soon!

Andreea Coșarcă

Benjamin Harper

In this graphic novel adaptation, Edgar Allan Poe's classic short story is transformed into a heart-pounding, visual experience portraying one man's journey into the dizzying depths of madness.

Jessica Nottingham

This was SO GOOD.
 
Now, I might be slightly biased seeing as how I am completely in love with all things Poe and "The Tell-Tale Heart" is my all time favorite story. Still, I feel like that makes me even more picky about how it's presented.
 
The art in this graphic novel is magnificent. Our narrator is so real looking, so harried and wild, that it makes his stance as an unreliable person all the more vivid. Each panel was excellent. The blue eye, oh that evil blue eye, was piercing in its color. Add in some wonderful panel placement choices, and you had a graphic novel that I flew through.
 
MORE! I want more. "Murders in the Rue Mourge" and "The Pit and the Pendulum" are the two others in this series that I haven't tackled yet. That will soon be remedied.

Gabriela Roxana 

I guess one can't help but love Edgar Allan Poe. Totally an winner for me.

Walid

Amanda

Poe’s preference for not naming his narrators is potent once again in "The Tell-Tale Heart", a story that is trying so hard to appear sane, but fails miserably in the end. With minute preparations, perfect calculations, and even more precise execution of the conceived gruesome act, the narrator successfully fulfils his purpose, only to be lost in a battle with his sanity and guilt afterwards. Backed by the numerous movie and theatrical adaptations, the story is considered one of Poe’s most popular and critically acclaimed. Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American poet, author, and literary critic. Most famous for his poetry, short stories, and tales of the supernatural, mysterious, and macabre, 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. His most famous works include "The Raven" (1945), "The Black Cat" (1943), and "The Gold-Bug" (1843).

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