{"product_id":"the-murders-in-the-rue-morgue-and-other-tales-edgar-allan-poe","title":"The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Tales (Edgar Allan Poe)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Penguin English Library Edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Tales \u003c\/i\u003eby Edgar Allan Poe\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'... an agility astounding, a strength superhuman, a ferocity brutal, a butchery without motive, a \u003ci\u003egrotesquerie\u003c\/i\u003e in horror absolutely alien from humanity...'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHorror, madness, violence and the dark forces hidden in humanity abound in this collection of Poe's brilliant tales, including - among others - the bloody, brutal and baffling murder of a mother and daughter in Paris in 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue', the creeping insanity of 'The Tell-Tale Heart', the Gothic nightmare of 'The Masque of the Red Death', and the terrible doom of 'The Fall of the House of Usher'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eEdgar Allan Poe (1809-49) was born in Boston and orphaned at an early age. Taken in by a couple from Richmond, Virginia, he spent a semester at the University of Virginia but could not afford to stay longer. After joining the Army and matriculating as a cadet, he started his literary career with the anonymous publication of \u003ci\u003eTamerlane and Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, before working as a literary critic. His life was dotted with scandals, such as purposefully getting himself court-martialled to ensure dismissal from the Army, being discharged from his job at the \u003ci\u003eSouthern Literary Messenger \u003c\/i\u003ein Richmond after being found drunk by his boss, and secretly marrying his thirteen-year-old cousin Virginia (listed twenty-one on the marriage certificate). His work took him to both New York City and Baltimore, where he died at the age of forty, two years after Virginia.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format, Englisch, 336 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65811621544285,"sku":"K032439848","price":9.7,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/3243984800001A.jpg?v=1788523787","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-murders-in-the-rue-morgue-and-other-tales-edgar-allan-poe","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}