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Zusatztext 'Plagued all his life by scandals and rumours! dogged by depression! prey to terrible fantasies and even more terrible phobias! Poe's writing reflects the madness in every lover's heart! the dark side of desire! the terror of being consumed alive by something half-goddess! half-beast' Informationen zum Autor Edgar Allan Poe was an American poet, short-story writer, editor and literary critic. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre. Born Edgar Poe in Boston, Massachusetts in 1809; he was informally adopted by the Allans of Richmond after his parents' death. He attended the University of Virginia and briefly attempted a military career, before embarking on a literary career. After publishing an anonymous collection of poems in 1827, Poe switched his focus to prose and spent the next several years working for literary journals and periodicals. He married his cousin, Virginia Clemm, in 1835, who died in 1842 not long after publishing his famous poem ‘The Raven'. He began planning to produce his own journal, The Penn (later renamed The Stylus), but died in 1849 before being able to see it produced. A stunning new edition of Edgar Allan Poe's most terrifying stories, with a new introduction by Neil Gaiman Part of the Gothic series - three books tracing the tradition of Gothic from Edgar Allan Poe to Neil Gaiman and Susanna Clarke Vorwort A stunning new edition of Edgar Allan Poe's most terrifying stories, with a new introduction by Neil GaimanPart of the The Bloomsbury Phantastic series - three books tracing the tradition of fantasy from Edgar Allan Poe to Neil Gaiman and Susanna Clarke Zusammenfassung A stunning new edition of Edgar Allan Poe's most terrifying stories, with a new introduction by Neil GaimanPart of the The Bloomsbury Phantastic series - three books tracing the tradition of fantasy from Edgar Allan Poe to Neil Gaiman and Susanna Clarke...
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'Plagued all his life by scandals and rumours, dogged by depression, prey to terrible fantasies and even more terrible phobias, Poe's writing reflects the madness in every lover's heart, the dark side of desire, the terror of being consumed alive by something half-goddess, half-beast' Joanne Harris, Daily Telegraph
