TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION (COLLINS CLASSICS)
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Author: Edgar Allan Poe Thể loại: Literature & Fiction ISBN: 9780007420223 Xuất bản: 1/2016 Trọng lượng: 320 gr NXB: HarperCollins Số trang: 496 trang - khổ: 11x18 x cm Giá bán: 54,000 đ |
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About the book
To an anomalous species of terror I found him a bounden slave. Including Poe’s most terrifying, grotesque and haunting short stories, Tales of Mystery and Imagination is the ultimate collection of the infamous author s macabre works. Cfocusing on the internal conffict of individuak, the power of the dead over the living and psychological axplorations of darker human emotion, the collection features some of his most popular tales. ‘The Gold-Bug’ is the only story that was significant within his lifetime, whereas ‘The Black Cat’, ‘The Pit and the Pendulum’ and ‘The Murders in the Rue Morgue’ became more widely read after his death. Minh Khai trân trọng giới thiệu. |
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