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A collection of 10 of the greatest and most popular short stories by the master himself. The stories are creepy, scary and frightening. Filled with murder and terror, they will keep you hanging on until the end. The stories are well told by the talented narrator, who can bring you right into the suspense and action. Turn off the lights, lights a candle, press "Play", and settle in for a suspenseful thrill.

En una pequeña villa en Holanda, donde habitan muy pocas personas, especialmente de mayor edad, físicamente con ojos grandes, nariz abultada, gordos y no muy altos, cada uno se encontraba sentado en el sillón de su casa observando a los lejos el reloj de pueblo que está ubicado en el campanario. Todas sus casas eran idénticas, los mismos colores, la misma estructura y la vida de toda la villa giraba en torno a las horas del reloj.

"The Fall of the House of Usher" is a narrative short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1839 in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine before being included in the collection "Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque" in 1840. The short story is a work of detective fiction and includes themes of madness, family, isolation, and metaphysical identities.

"Annabel Lee" tells the story of young love cut short by tragedy. As the speaker (often assumed to be based on Poe himself, whose young wife died shortly before he wrote this poem) discusses his relationship with the now-deceased Annabel Lee, he presents the love between them as pure, eternal, and all-conquering. The love between the speaker and Annabel Lee may have been short-lived, but it remains too powerful to be defeated, even by death. Through describing this intensely idealized love, the poem argues that love is the strongest force on earth.

"The Cask of Amontillado" (sometimes spelled "The Casque of Amontillado" [a.mon.ti.ˈʝa.ðo]) is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the November 1846 issue of Godey's Lady's Book. The story, set in an unnamed Italian city at carnival time in an unspecified year, is about a man taking fatal revenge on a friend who, he believes, has insulted him. Like several of Poe's stories, and in keeping with the 19th-century fascination with the subject, the narrative revolves around a person being buried alive - in this case, by immurement.

"The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe about a mesmerist who puts a man in a suspended hypnotic state at the moment of death. An example of a tale of suspense and horror, it is also, to a certain degree, a hoax, as it was published without claiming to be fictional, and many at the time of publication (1845) took it to be a factual account. Poe toyed with this for a while before admitting it was a work of pure fiction in his marginalia.

"Hop-Frog" (originally "Hop-Frog; Or, the Eight Chained Ourang-Outangs") is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1849. The title character, a person with dwarfism taken from his homeland, becomes the jester of a king particularly fond of practical jokes. Taking revenge on the king and his cabinet for the king's striking of his friend and fellow dwarf Trippetta, he dresses the king and his cabinet as orangutans for a masquerade. In front of the king's guests, Hop-Frog murders them all by setting their costumes on fire before escaping with Trippetta.

"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 unassailable, but eventually breaks down and reveals himself, impelled by a nagging reminder of his guilt.

Award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti reads Edgar Alan Poe's classic The Pit and the Pendulum, taking us back to the Spanish Inquisition. Vendetti's performance takes us into the dungeon where we can all but feel the sharp edge of the deadly pendulum brushing across our body, hear the ravenous rats scurrying about the cell, and worst of all, the final terror. The panic of Poe's narrator becomes palpable as you listen to this classic tale so well-narrated.

Un joven matrimonio lleva una vida hogareña apacible en compañía de varios animales domésticos, entre ellos un misterioso gato negro. Todo cambia cuando el marido empieza a dejarse arrastrar por la bebida. El alcohol le vuelve irascible y en uno de sus accesos de furia acaba con la vida del animal. Un segundo gato aparece en sus vidas y diversos acontecimientos terribles se suceden.

"Tamerlane" is a poem written by Edgar Allan Poe when he was only 17 years old. Based on a fictionalized account of the 14th century conqueror known as Tamerlane, it was first published in the 1827 collection Tamerlane and Other Poems. The choice of an eastern figure by a western writer was unusual for that era. In the poem, the protagonist sacrifices his love for a young woman in order to pursue a life of conquest, but on his deathbed he regrets the decision.

A new “haunted house” record just like we loved when we were growing up, but this one is special! This one, Edgar Allan Poe’s Haunted House of Usher, takes us on a diabolical journey through the dark creative mind of Poe as we experience some of his most chilling tales! Roderick Usher’s house is alive! And dying! Are these actual events you witness, or are they Usher’s madness come to life? Come, and visit the Haunted House of Usher, and experience what lurks inside!

This collection features four spine-tingling horror stories to entice your imagination, including "Bewitched" by Edith Wharton, "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe, "The Body Snatcher" by Robert Louis Stevenson, and "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe. Each story is chillingly enhanced by music and sound effects. Four Classic Horror Stories is best listened to by candle light at the midnight hour, when the wind howls ‘round the house and ghosts whisper from the dark shadows!

Greetings! Welcome to the Language Magic™ dual-language learning series. After you’ve learned the basics from the classroom or one of the many excellent language learning programs out there, it's time to get fluent! Discover that you can relax and enjoy the story while absorbing the language as you listen, and you can listen to it over and over until you find you can understand it completely in the language you are learning.

¡Saludos! Bienvenido a la serie de aprendizaje bilingüe Language Magic™. Después de que hayas aprendido lo básico del aula o en alguno de los excelentes programas de aprendizaje de idiomas que hay por ahí, ¡es hora de dominar el idioma! Es cierto que ganar fluidez en un idioma es una gran cuesta para escalar. Pero también es cierto que hay diferentes maneras de subir esa colina. La forma más rápida es la inmersión total. Vivir en el país que habla la lengua. Pero la mayoría de nosotros no podemos hacer eso.

Este breve relato escrito por Edgar Allan Poe en 1835 es una meritoria narración hecha por un muerto, el propio narrador en primera persona que nos advierte que ha partido hace mucho tiempo a la región de las sombras y se encuentra escribiendo su testimonio de vida oscurecida con un punzón de hierro.

El barril amontillado, Silencio, El pozo y el pendulo, El cuervo, El entierro prematuro, El retrato oval, El gato negro, La casa de los usher.

La historia fluye de manera intrigante y aunque es vaga e imprecisa en sus efectos fantasiosas con un final un tanto simple, la creatividad en imaginerías que mezclan lo espeluznante y alucinatorio con la orientalismo de “Las Mil y Una Noches” redimen tales menoscabos. Un relato notable del maestro del cuento fantástico.

Edgar Allan Poe fue un escritor, poeta, crítico y periodista romántico​​ estadounidense, generalmente reconocido como uno de los maestros universales del relato corto, del cual fue uno de los primeros practicantes en su país. Fue renovador de la novela gótica, recordado especialmente por sus cuentos de terror.

inicia con un narrador sin nombre que nos cuenta la historia de una travesía marina que se desarrolla de Charleston a Nueva York en un excelente paquebote de nombre “Independence”. A bordo de el se encuentran dos amigos (nuestro narrador y un artista), uno de ellos, el marino se entera que su ex compañero de universidad Cornelius Wyatt el artista, está a bordo con su mujer y dos hermanas, aunque ha reservado tres cabinas.