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Erzählungen Edgar Allan Poe · 1989 · 781p · ≈ 26h · Moderate Manuskript in der Flasche Berenice Morella Stelldichein Ligeia Fall of the House of Usher William Wilson Mann der Menge Mord in der Rue Morgue Descent into the Maelstrom ovale Porträt Masque of the Red Death Eleonora Geheimis der Marie Rogêt Tell-tale Heart Goldkäfer Black Cat Pit and the Pendulum Im Felsengebirge Premature Burial längliche Kiste Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar Purloined… Shares: Maces, Knights, Hysteria, Heroic Romances

The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Tales - Volume I Edgar Allan Poe · 1908 · 328p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Shares: Maces, Knights, Hysteria, Heroic Romances Shares: Maces, Knights, Hysteria, Heroic Romances

Historias Extraordinarias Edgar Allan Poe · 1996 · 504p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Doble asesinato en la calle morgue -- El escarabajo de oro -- Descent into the Maelstrom Black Cat William Wilson Tell-tale Heart Aventura sin par de un tal Hans Pfaall -- Pit and the Pendulum Cask of Amontillado Ligeia -- Metzengerstein -- Purloined Letter Fall of the House of Usher Berenice Premature Burial Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar Shares: Maces, Knights, Hysteria, Heroic Romances

Great American Short Stories Wallace Stegner · 1957 · 511p · ≈ 17h · Moderate Shares: Maces, Knights, Hysteria, Heroic Romances Shares: Maces, Knights, Hysteria, Heroic Romances

American Short Stories Charles Sears Baldwin · 1904 · 333p · ≈ 11h · Challenging Pt. 1. The tentative period: Irving, W. Rip Van Winkle. Austin W. Peter Rugg, the missing man. Hall, J. The French village. Pike, A. the inroad of the Nabajo. Pt. 2. The period of the new form: Hawthorne, N. The white old maid. Longfellow, H.W. The notary of Périgueux. Poe, E.A. Fall of the House of Usher Willis, N.P. The inlet of peach blossoms. Kirkland, C.M.S. The bee-tree. O'Brien,… Shares: Maces, Knights, Hysteria, Heroic Romances

Tales of Mystery and Imagination [29 stories] Edgar Allan Poe · 1983 · 431p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Shares: Maces, Knights, Hysteria, Heroic Romances Shares: Maces, Knights, Hysteria, Heroic Romances

The Horror hall of fame Robert Silverberg · 1991 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Shares: Maces, Knights, Hysteria, Heroic Romances Shares: Maces, Knights, Hysteria, Heroic Romances

The Rinehart Book of Short Stories Clarence Lee Cline · 1952 · ★ 3.1 · 307p · ≈ 10h · Moderate The fall of the House of Usher / Edgar Allan Poe Young Goodman Brown / Nathaniel Hawthorne Mademoiselle Fifi / Guy De Maupassant The Sire de Malétroit's door / Robert Louis Stevenson The kiss / Anton Chekhov The man who would be king / Rudyard Kipling The open boat / Stephen Crane The lagoon / Joseph Conrad Mother / Sherwood Anderson The rocking-horse winner / D.H. Lawrence Clay / James Joyce Her… Shares: Maces, Knights, Hysteria, Heroic Romances

The Fall of the House of Usher Edgar Allan Poe · 1704 · ★ 3.8 · 36p · ≈ 1h · Demanding "The Fall of the House of Usher" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1839 in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine, then included in the collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque in 1840. The short story, a work of Gothic fiction, includes themes of madness, family, isolation, and metaphysical identities. Shares: Maces, Knights, Hysteria, Heroic Romances

The Garden of Romance Ernest Rhys · 1897 · 238p · ≈ 7h · Challenging The Story of the Lame Young Man, From the Arabian Nights The Story of Cymon and Iphigenia, From the Decameron The Story of Balin and Balan, From the Morte D'arthur The Story of Marcella, From Don Quixote The Story of le Fevre, From Tristram Shandy The Tapestried Chamber, By Sir W. Scott Rip Van Winkle By W. Irving My Kinsman, Major Molineux, By N. Hawthorne Fall of the House of Usher, By E. A.… Shares: Maces, Knights, Hysteria, Heroic Romances

Seven Masterpieces of Gothic Horror Robert Donald Spector · 1963 · 468p · ≈ 15h · Moderate The castle of Otranto / Horace Walpole The Old English Baron / Clara Reeve Mistrust or Blanche and Osbright / Matthew Gregory Lewis The heir of Mondolfo / Mary Shelley The white old maid / Nathaniel Hawthorn The fall of the House of Usher / Edgar Allan Poe Carmilla / Sheridan Le Fanu. Shares: Maces, Knights, Hysteria, Heroic Romances

Tales Edgar Allan Poe · 2005 · 349p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Assignation (the Visionary) Berenice Bon-Bon Conversation of Eiros and Charmion Descent into the Maelstrom Devil in the Belfry Duc de L-Omelette Fall of the House of Usher Folio Club Four Beasts in One: the Homo-Cameleopard How to Write a Blackwood Article King Pest Ligeia Lionizing Loss of Breath Man That Was Used Up Metzengerstein Morella Ms. Found in a Bottle Predicament Shadow Silence — A… Shares: Knights, Hysteria, Heroic Romances, Hermitages

The Elements of the Short Story Edward Everett Hale, Jr. · 1915 · 296p · ≈ 9h · Challenging The legend of Sleepy Hollow, by W. Irving Rip Van Winkle, by W. Irving Irving as a story writer The great stone face, by N. Hawthorne Ethan Brand, by N. Hawthorne Hawthorne as a story writer Fall of the House of Usher, by E. A. Poe The murders in the Rue Morgue, by E. A. Poe Poe as a story writer The diamond lens, by F.-J. O'Brien The man without a country, by E. E. Hale The outcasts of Poker… Shares: Knights, Hysteria, Heroic Romances, Hermitages

The experience of literature Gene Montague · 1966 · 803p · ≈ 26h · Moderate Shares: Knights, Hysteria, Heroic Romances, Hermitages

Great American Short Stories from Hawthorne to Hemingway Corinne Demas · 2004 · 560p · ≈ 18h · Moderate Young Goodman Brown / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The birthmark / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Rappaccini's daughter / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Cask of Amontillado / Edgar Allan Poe -- Fall of the House of Usher / Edgar Allan Poe -- The purloined letter / Edgar Allan Poe -- Bartleby the Scrivener / Herman Melville -- The notorious jumping frog of Calaveras County / Samuel Langhorne Clemens -- Occurrence at… Shares: Hysteria, Heroic Romances, Hermitages, Burial Vaults

Cuentos Edgar Allan Poe · 1970 · 850p · ≈ 28h · Moderate William Wilson Pit and the Pendulum MS. Found in a Bottle Black Cat Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar Oval Portrait Tell-tale Heart Descent into the Maelstrom Cask of Amontillado Masque of the Red Death Un cuento de las Montaias Escabrosas Imp of the Perverse Premature Burial Hop-Frog Metzengerstein Oblong Box El hombre de la multitud La cita Sombra Eleonora Morella Berenice Ligeia Fall of the… Shares: Heroic Romances, Hermitages, Burial Vaults, Catalepsy

The Evil Image Patricia L. Skarda · 1981 · ★ 4.3 · 479p · ≈ 15h · Moderate xi • General Introduction (The Evil Image: Two Centuries of Gothic Short Fiction and Poetry) • essay by Patricia L. Skarda and Nora Crow Jaffe xxv • Critical Studies of the Gothic • essay by uncredited 2 • The Apparition of Mrs. Veal • (1919) • short story by Daniel Defoe (variant of A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal the Next Day After Her Death to One Mrs. Bargrave at Canterbury… Shares: Hysteria, Heroic Romances, Hermitages, Burial Vaults

Fiction 100 James H. Pickering · 1988 · 1533p · ≈ 51h · Challenging The Grand inquisitor / Fëdor Dostoevski -- The Adventure of the speckled band / Arthur Conan Doyle -- King of the Bingo game / Ralph Ellison -- Barn burning Dry September -- A Rose for Emily / William Faulkner -- Winter dreams / F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Road from Colonus / E.M. Forster -- Aura / Carlos Fuentes -- Watch time fly / Laura Furman -- A Very old man with enormous wings / Gabriel G.… Shares: Heroic Romances, Hermitages, Burial Vaults, Catalepsy

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