Έντγκαρ Άλλαν Πόε

"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in "Graham's Magazine" in 1841. It has been recognized as the first modern detective story; Poe referred to it as one of his "tales of ratiocination". Two works that share some similarities predate Poe's stories, including "Das Fräulein von …

Edgar Allan Poe’s gift for the macabre–his genius in finding the strangeness lurking at the heart of things–was so extraordinary that he exerted a major influence on Baudelaire and French symbolism, on Freudian analysis, and also on the detective novel and the Hollywood movie. His psychologically profound stories of …

Η Μάσκα του Κόκκινου Θανάτου είναι ένα διήγημα του Έντγκαρ Άλλαν Πόε. Η πλοκή ακολουθεί την ιστορία του πρίγκιπα Πρόσπερο στην προσπάθεια του να αποφύγει ένα θανατηφόρο λοιμό γνωστό ως Κόκκινος Θάνατος, ενώ βρίσκεται κρυμμένος στο αβαείο του. Εκεί,μαζί με μια ομάδα άλλων ευγενών διοργανώνει ένα χορό μεταμφιεσμένων στα …

"The Black Cat" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in the August 19, 1843, edition of The Saturday Evening Post. It is a study of the psychology of guilt, often paired in analysis with Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart". In both, a murderer carefully conceals his crime and believes himself …

"The Purloined Letter" is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe. It is the third of his three detective stories featuring the fictional C. Auguste Dupin, the other two being "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt". These stories are considered to be important early forerunners of …