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Nato a Boston nel 1809, Edgar Allan Poe è considerato l'inventore del genere letterario del terrore e del mistero, nonché iniziatore del genere poliziesco. Nei suoi quarant'anni di vita travagliata scrisse centinaia di racconti pubblicati su varie riviste e fu Charles Baudelaire, suo grande ammiratore, che lo fece conoscere al pubblico europeo e che lo definì "uomo dalle facoltà sovracute".

Un estudiante está en su habitación abatido, reflexionando sobre lo sólo que le ha dejado su amada Leonora que se ha marchado para no volver. Llama a alguien a la puerta,... el no abre, pasa un tiempo y vuelven a llamar...finalmente abre y no ve nada más que la negrura de la noche, ese símbolo de la soledad infinita en la que Leonora le ha dejado; pero por la puerta entra volando un cuervo y la mente del joven narrador inmediatamente es infundida por su simbología de muerte y maldad.

When it comes to short stories, Edgar Allan Poe is considered by many to be the master of terror and the macabre. This is one of his most famous stories. A man visits a friend but finds something very strange is going on with him - and his house.

Edgar Allen Poe's classic poem about a man haunted by the loss of his beloved Lenore, a man whose despair is personified by the sudden appearance of a sleek, black raven that repeats but a single dreadful word: "nevermore".

Classic Tales of Fear presents two classics of horror. "The Raven" is Edgar Allen Poe's masterful verse that tells of the mysterious raven that visits a man who finds himself in the deepest abyss of misery and despair. "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" tells the story of Ichabod Crane and his chilling encounter with the terrifying headless horseman.

Night Terrors features two classic tales of terror. "When I Was Dead" is the story of an eccentric young man and his unwise attempts to conjure a ghostly apparition, and "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" is Edgar Allan Poe's classic tale of a man who cheats death only to discover that there are far worse fates than the hereafter.

Ein König liebt es, derbe Späße zu machen und sucht nach billiger Unterhaltung oder Ablenkung. Er veranstaltet deshalb immer wieder große Feste, um sich selbst und seinen Hofstaat zu amüsieren. Zu diesem Zweck hält er einen verkrüppelten Narren und eine zwergenhafte Tänzerin namens Tripetta an seinem Hof gefangen. Jeder am Hofe lacht über den Krüppel und demütigt ihn ungeniert. Man hat ihm den Namen Hopp-Frosch gegeben, weil jener nicht richtig laufen kann.

Edgar Allan Poe may be 150 years beyond this world, but the themes of his beloved works have much in common with modern young adult fiction. Whether the stories are familiar or discovered for the first time, listeners will revel in both Edgar Allan Poe's classic tales, and in the 13 unique and unforgettable ways that they've been brought to life.