Il sistema del dott. Catrame e del prof. Piuma

by Edgar Allan Poe

Overview

Durante un viaggio in Francia, il protagonista del racconto decide di visitare la Maison de Santé, una casa di cura per malati mentali dove si utilizza il «metodo calmante». Il direttore, Monsieur Maillard, lo invita a pranzo con la promessa di fargli visitare la struttura. Ma si scopre subito che il metodo è stato abbandonato per gli inconvenienti che causava e sostituito da quello di due eminenti studiosi, il dottor Catrame e il professor Piuma, mentre il pranzo diventa sempre più strano…

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788892967618
Publisher:	Leone Editore
Publication date:	10/16/2023
Sold by:	StreetLib SRL
Format:	eBook
File size:	713 KB
Language:	Italian

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.