Wilbur Whateley, Sohn einer missgestalteten und labilen Mutter und eines unbekannten Vaters (der nur einmal beiläufig als »Yog-Sothoth« bezeichnet wird), wächst erschreckend schnell heran und erreicht schon nach einem Jahrzehnt das Mannesalter.
Charles Dexter Ward, ein junger Mann aus einer angesehenen Familie von Providence, ist aus der Nervenheilanstalt entflohen, in die er aufgrund merkwürdiger Persönlichkeitsveränderungen eingewiesen wurde.
Der junge Arzt Herbert West glaubt, dass der menschliche Organismus nur eine komplexe organische Maschine ist, die aufs Neue »gestartet« werden kann, wenn sie einmal stehen geblieben, sprich gestorben, ist.
This single volume brings together all of Poe's stories and poems, and illuminates the diverse and multifaceted genius of one of the greatest and most influential figures in American literary history.
Una selección de relatos de Edgar Allan Poe publicados entre 1835 y 1844:-Morella (1835)-Un descenso por el Maelström (1841)-El misterio de Marie Rogêt (1843)-El cajón oblongo (1844)-El entierro prematuro (1844)-La carta robada (1844)
This single volume brings together all of Poe's stories and poems, and illuminates the diverse and multifaceted genius of one of the greatest and most influential figures in American literary history.
The Stories included are:The Nameless CityThe FestivalThe Colour Out of SpaceThe Call of CthulhuThe Dunwich HorrorThe Whisperer in DarknessThe Dreams in the Witch HouseThe Haunter of the DarkThe Shadow Over InnsmouthDiscarded Draft of "e;The Shadow Over Innsmouth"e;The Shadow Out of TimeAt the Mountains of MadnessThe Case of Charles Dexter WardAzathothBeyond the Wall of SleepCelephaisCool AirDagonEx OblivioneFacts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His FamilyFrom BeyondHeHerbert West-ReanimatorHypnosIn the VaultMemoryNyarlathotepPickman's ModelThe BookThe Cats of UltharThe DescendantThe Doom That Came to SarnathThe Dream-Quest of Unknown KadathThe Evil ClergymanThe Horror at Red HookThe HoundThe Lurking FearThe Moon-BogThe Music of Erich ZannThe Other GodsThe OutsiderThe Picture in the HouseThe Quest of IranonThe Rats in the WallsThe Shunned HouseThe Silver KeyThe Statement of Randolph CarterThe Strange High House in the MistThe StreetThe TempleThe Terrible Old ManThe Thing on the DoorstepThe TombThe Transition of Juan RomeroThe TreeThe UnnamableThe White ShipWhat the Moon BringsPolarisThe Very Old FolkIbidOld BugsSweet Ermengarde, or, The Heart of a Country GirlA Reminiscence of Dr.
SommarioOdissea di HomerL'apologia di Socrate di PlatoTragedie di SofocleTao Te Ching di Lao TzuLa Divina Commedia di Dante AlighieriIl principe di Niccolò MachiavelliDell'arte della guerra di Niccolò MachiavelliAvventure di Robinson Crusoe di Daniel DefoeMoll Flanders di Daniel DefoeI viaggi di Gulliver di Jonathan SwiftIl Visionario di Friedrich SchillerCandido, ovvero l'ottimismo di VoltaireI dolori del giovane Werther di Johann Wolfgang von GoetheEugénie Grandet di Honoré de BalzacLa donna di picche di Aleksandr PuškinLa bottega dell'antiquario di Charles DickensGli assassinii della rue Morgue di Edgar Allan PoePovera gente di Fëdor DostoevskijTypee di Herman MelvilleJane Eyre di Charlotte BrontëDisobbedienza civile di Henry David ThoreauLa lettera scarlatta di Nathaniel HawthorneLa capanna dello zio Tom di Harriet Elizabeth Beecher StoweDalla Terra alla Luna di Jules VerneAlice nel Paese delle meraviglie di Lewis CarrollFosca di Iginio Ugo TarchettiAttraverso lo specchio di Lewis CarrollLe avventure di Pinocchio.
From a beautiful antique that gives its owner a show he'd rather forget, to 'ghost detective' whose exorcism goes horribly wrong and a sinister masked ball which seems to have one too many guests, these ghost stories of supernatural terror are guaranteed to make you shiver, thrill and look under the bed tonight.
