The Pit and the Pendulum: The Essential Poe
Edgar Allan Poe, Peter Ackroyd (ed.)
The Pit and the Pendulum: The Essential Poe
This selection of Poe's critical writings, short fiction and poetry demonstrates an intense interest in aesthetic issues and the astonishing power and imagination with which he probed the darkest corners of the human mind. The Fall of the House of Usher describes the final hours of a family tormented by tragedy and the legacy of the past. In The Tell Tale Heart, a murderer's insane delusions threaten to betray him, while stories such as The Pit and the Pendulum and The Cask of Amontillado explore extreme states of decadence, fear and hate.
3.5 out of 5 based on 1 reviews
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Omniscore:
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| Classification |
Fiction |
| Genre |
Short Stories, Classic Fiction |
| Format |
Paperback |
| Pages |
254 |
| RRP |
£8.99 |
| Date of Publication |
June 2009 |
| ISBN |
978-0141190624 |
| Publisher |
Penguin Classics |
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This selection of Poe's critical writings, short fiction and poetry demonstrates an intense interest in aesthetic issues and the astonishing power and imagination with which he probed the darkest corners of the human mind. The Fall of the House of Usher describes the final hours of a family tormented by tragedy and the legacy of the past. In The Tell Tale Heart, a murderer's insane delusions threaten to betray him, while stories such as The Pit and the Pendulum and The Cask of Amontillado explore extreme states of decadence, fear and hate.
Reviews
The Independent on Sunday
Brandon Robshaw
“Peter Ackroyd has done the general reader a service with this Greatest Hits selection; a collection of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems and 14 of his most memorable tales. The poems are light on meaning but strong on atmosphere and euphony. Poe's 19th-century American prose style can be tiresomely stodgy, but his peculiar morbid genius shines through.”
28/06/2009
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