El rey peste

by Edgar Allan Poe

Overview

Una noche, dos marineros huyen sin pagar de una taberna de Londres. Al ser perseguidos, cruzan unas barreras que prohiben la entrada a una región de la ciudad aislada por la enfermedad de la peste. A pesar de ver cadáveres en las calles, avanzan hasta que, al oir unos alaridos provenientes de una tienda de pompas fúnebres, abren la puerta y entran. Lo que allí encuentran es algo de lo mas extraño.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788822848697
Publisher:	Edgar Allan Poe
Publication date:	09/25/2016
Sold by:	StreetLib SRL
Format:	eBook
File size:	239 KB
Language:	Spanish

About the Author

Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was orphaned at the age of three and adopted by a wealthy Virginia family with whom he had a troubled relationship. He excelled in his studies of language and literature at school, and self-published his first book, Tamerlane and Other Poems, in 1827. In 1830, Poe embarked on a career as a writer and began contributing reviews and essays to popular periodicals. He also wrote sketches and short fiction, and in 1833 published his only completed novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. Over the next five years he established himself as a master of the short story form through the publication of "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and other well–known works. In 1841, he wrote "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," generally considered the first modern detective story. The publication of The Raven and Other Poems in 1845 brought him additional fame as a poet.