L'homme des foules

by Edgar Allan Poe

Overview

Le narrateur est assis dans un café londonien et regarde avec un grand intérêt la foule qui se presse dans la rue. Il classe ainsi les passants dans différentes catégories sociales suivant leur habillement et leur physionomie. Fasciné par la vue d'un vieil homme à l'expression très particulière, il décide de le suivre à travers ses déambulations apparemment erratiques et remarque qu'il semble très mal à l'aise dès que la foule devient clairsemée. Après l'avoir suivi toute la nuit et la journée du lendemain dans différents quartiers de Londres, le narrateur, épuisé, s'arrête devant le vieil homme et le regarde bien en face sans même attirer son attention. Le narrateur, abandonnant sa filature, en arrive à la conclusion que le vieil homme est un homme des foules qui refuse d'être seul .

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781530739325
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	03/25/2016
Pages:	30
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.07(d)
Language:	French

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.