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"The Poetic Principle" is an essay by Edgar Allan Poe, written near the end of his life and published posthumously in 1850, the year after his death. It is a work of literary criticism, in which Poe presents his literary theory. It is based on a series of lectures Poe had given late in his lifetime. The essay argues that a poem should be written "for a poem's sake" and that the ultimate goal of art is aesthetic.

A Dream: Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories. In visions of the dark night I have dreamed of joy departed— But a waking dream of life and light Hath left me broken-hearted.

"Maelzel's Chess Player" (1836) is an essay by Edgar Allan Poe exposing a fraudulent automaton chess player called The Turk, which had become famous in Europe and the United States and toured widely. The fake automaton was invented by Wolfgang von Kempelen in 1769 and was brought to the U.S. in 1825 by Johann Nepomuk Mälzel after von Kempelen's death. In his essay, Poe asserts that a mechanical chess player would play perfectly, but Maelzel's "machine" occasionally errs, and is therefore suspect. Although it is the most famous essay on the Turk, many of Poe's hypotheses were incorrect.

To–– (1829): Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories.

I heed not that my earthly lot

Hath-little of Earth in it—

That years of love have been forgot

In the hatred of a minute:—

Hymn to Aristogeiton and Harmodius: Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories. Wreathed in myrtle, my sword I'll conceal Like those champions devoted and brave, When they plunged in the tyrant their steel, And to Athens deliverance gave.

Scenes From "Politian": Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories. Rome.—A Hall in a Palace Alessandra and Castiglione. Alessandra. Thou art sad, Castiglione. Castiglione. Sad!—not I. Oh, I'm the happiest, happiest man in Rome! A few days more, thou knowest, my Alessandra, Will make thee mine. Oh, I am very happy!

Sonnet – To Science: Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories. Science! true daughter of Old Time thou art! Who alterest all things with thy peering eyes. Why preyest thou thus upon the poet's heart, Vulture, whose wings are dull realities?

Letter to Mr. B––.: Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories. "Dear B...... Believing only a portion of my former volume to be worthy a second edition—that small portion I thought it as well to include in the present book as to republish by itself. I have therefore herein combined 'Al Aaraaf' and 'Tamerlane' with other poems hitherto unprinted.

"The Man That Was Used Up", sometimes subtitled "A Tale of the Late Bugaboo and Kickapoo Campaign", is a short story and satire by Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in August 1839 in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine. The story follows an unnamed narrator who seeks out the famous war hero John A. B. C. Smith. He becomes suspicious that Smith has some deep secret when others refuse to describe him, instead remarking only on the latest advancements in technology. When he finally meets Smith, the man must first be assembled piece by piece.

To Isadore: Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories. Beneath the vine-clad eaves, Whose shadows fall before Thy lowly cottage door Under the lilac's tremulous leaves—

The Forest Reverie: Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories. 'Tis said that when The hands of men Tamed this primeval wood, And hoary trees with groans of woe, Like warriors by an unknown foe, Were in their strength subdued, The virgin Earth Gave instant birth

To Frances S. Osgood: Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories. Thou wouldst be loved?—then let thy heart From its present pathway part not! Being everything which now thou art, Be nothing which thou art not.

Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Imp of the Perverse” is a dark psychological tale exploring self-destruction, guilt, obsession, and the strange human urge to act against one’s own best interests. Blending gothic horror with philosophical reflection, Poe examines the terrifying power of impulse as...

Avec la collection Douceur & Crépitements, je vous propose des moments de lecture reposants et réconfortants en nous replongeant dans nos classiques d'automne préférés, dans une ambiance douce au coin du feu pour passer de bonnes nuits ! Alors installez-vous bien confortablement, peut être blotti sous votre plaid, une boisson chaude en main et laissez-vous emporter par notre histoire du jour ! Ce soir, je vous propose de nous plonger dans la nouvelle fantastique La chute de la maison Usher d’Edgar Allan Poe publiée en 1839.

Amid silent marshlands, an ancient mansion seems to suffocate under the weight of its own decay. Roderick Usher, the last of his line, suffers from a strange affliction: his senses are sharpened to a painful intensity, and he fears sound, light, and life itself. This audiobook is a chronicle of slow disintegration. Madness does not burst in with a scream — it seeps through the stones of the house and into the minds of those who live within it.

The Best Edgar Allan Poe Short Stories brings together three imaginative and mysterious tales from one of literature’s most iconic authors: Mesmeric Revelation, The Balloon-Hoax, and The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade. Blending gothic atmosphere, strange science, satire, and...

Enter the shadowed world of Edgar Allan Poe with this chilling short story collection featuring The Black Cat, The Cask of Amontillado, and The Fall of the House of Usher. These classic gothic tales of madness, revenge, guilt, and psychological horror showcase Poe’s timeless mastery of...

Enter the dark and haunting world of Edgar Allan Poe with Essential Edgar Allan Poe Short Stories, a chilling collection featuring A Descent Into the Maelstrom, Manuscript Found in a Bottle, and The Masque of the Red Death. Blending gothic horror, psychological suspense, sea-bound mystery, and...

Birds, Boughs, and Belonging invites listeners into a quieter America—where meaning is discovered not in noise or ambition, but through attentive companionship with nature. Across gardens, forests, seashores, and mountain vistas, classic American writers—including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa...

When the police reach a dead end and witnesses swear they heard terrifying voices speaking in unknown languages, C. Auguste Dupin steps in. The Murders in the Rue Morgue is not merely the first detective story in literary history — it is an intellectual duel with the darkest side of human nature. Edgar Allan Poe masterfully combines Gothic horror with crystal-clear logic. In audio format, the tension becomes almost tangible: every rustle in the night streets of Paris and every piece of the puzzle leads toward a solution that shocks with its unimaginable brutality.