Metzengerstein

by Edgar Allan Poe

Overview

La historia se centra en el joven Frederick, el último descendiente de la familia Metzengerstein, que carga con una prolongada rivalidad con la familia Berlifitzing. Sospechoso de haber causado un incendio que mató al patriarca de los Berlifitzing, Frederick se obsesiona con un caballo salvaje que no había notado anteriormente. Metzengerstein es castigado por su crueldad cuando su propio hogar se incendia y el caballo lo lleva hasta las llamas. La historia sigue muchas de las convenciones de la ficción gótica, pero a veces cae en la sátira o en la parodia del género.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781532973499
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	04/27/2016
Pages:	28
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(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.