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An unnamed narrator discovers a secluded, meticulously crafted cottage. Carefully cataloging every aspect: the unique arrangement of the garden, the precise dimensions of the dwelling, the atmospheric details of the interior, and the harmonious relationship between the cottage and its natural surroundings. There is no murder, no ghostly figure, but a faint, underlying mystery woven into the perfection, leaving a haunting sense of peace that is itself unsettling.
From the legendary Edgar Allan Poe, master of dread, comes an unexpected escape into tranquility. Published in the final year of his life, Landor's Cottage is a startlingly serene departure from his famous tales of mystery and horror.
This unique work of classic American literature is a perfect showcase of Poe s incredible descriptive genius, proving that he could conjure perfection just as vividly as he could conjure terror.
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Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) is one of the most significant and singular writers in the history of American letters. He was a poet, a pioneer of science fiction, the father of the detective story, and a master of the macabre whom Nobel-prize winner Toni Morrison identified as a key to America's conflicted literary conscience. He died mysteriously in Baltimore at the age of forty, leaving behind a body of work that has influenced writers and artists such as Stéphane Mallarmé, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, Franz Kafka, Paul Klee, H. P. Lovecraft, Jorge Luis Borges, Stephen King, Tim Burton, Guillermo del Toro, and every crime writer to this day.
