The pit and the pendulum

by Edgar Allan Poe, Boris Tkachenko (Translator)

Overview

Edgar Allan Poe is an American writer, poet, essayist, playwright, literary editor and critic, one of the leading representatives of American romanticism. The Pit and the Pendulum is a Gothic horror story by Edgar Poe first published in 1843. The work helped the author earn a reputation as a master of gothic suspense. Translated by Boris Tkachenko. Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing © Ukraine — Kyiv 2023

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780880045360
Publisher:	Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
Publication date:	04/03/2023
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	27
File size:	277 KB
Age Range:	16 - 18 Years
Language:	Ukrainian

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.