A man of the crowd

by Edgar Allan Poe, Mike Johansen (Translator)

Overview

Edgar Allan Poe is an American writer, poet, essayist, playwright, literary editor and critic, one of the leading representatives of American romanticism. The story begins with the epigraph Ce grand malheur, de ne pouvoir être seul, a quote taken from Jean de Labruyere. It translates as: A terrible misfortune is not being able to be alone with yourself. The same quote is used in Poe's early story Metzengerstein. Translated by Mike Johansen. Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing © Ukraine — Kyiv 2023

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780880045346
Publisher:	Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
Publication date:	04/03/2023
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	18
File size:	252 KB
Age Range:	16 - 18 Years
Language:	Ukrainian

About the Author

Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was orphaned at the age of three and adopted by a wealthy Virginia family with whom he had a troubled relationship. He excelled in his studies of language and literature at school, and self-published his first book, Tamerlane and Other Poems, in 1827. In 1830, Poe embarked on a career as a writer and began contributing reviews and essays to popular periodicals. He also wrote sketches and short fiction, and in 1833 published his only completed novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. Over the next five years he established himself as a master of the short story form through the publication of "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and other well–known works. In 1841, he wrote "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," generally considered the first modern detective story. The publication of The Raven and Other Poems in 1845 brought him additional fame as a poet.