El gato negro ; El hundimiento de la casa Usher ; El cuervo

Escrito por Edgar Allan Poe

Narrado por Nuria Marín

El gato negro muestra como un hombre al que siempre le han gustado los animales, cambia a tal punto de ser capaz de cometer las peores atrocidades.
El hundimiento de la casa Usher:El horror de este cuento proviene sobre todo del ambiente lúgubre, desolado e inquietante que rodea la impresionante casa. El relato está hecho en primera persona; el narrador acude a visitar a un viejo amigo suyo, Roderick Usher, quien lo ha llamado con urgencia para que lo acompañe y pase con él una temporada en su vieja mansión, pues se siente presa de misteriosos terrores. La carta de Usher revela la agitación nerviosa de éste: dice padecer un malestar físico y hasta cierto desorden mental.
El cuervo es un poema narrativo escrito por Edgar Allan Poe y su composición poética más famosa. Fue publicado por primera vez en enero de 1845. Son notables su musicalidad, su lenguaje estilizado y su atmósfera sobrenatural. Habla de la misteriosa visita de un cuervo parlante a la casa de un amante afligido y el lento descenso hacia la locura de este último.

• Idioma: Español
• Editorial: Editorial Libervox Audio
• Fecha de lanzamiento: 1 ene 2014
• ISBN: 9788415677710

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American poet, short story writer, and editor. Born in Boston to a family of actors, Poe was abandoned by his father in 1810 before being made an orphan with the death of his mother the following year. Raised in Richmond, Virginia by the Allan family of merchants, Poe struggled with gambling addiction and frequently fought with his foster parents over debts. He attended the University of Virginia for a year before withdrawing due to a lack of funds, enlisting in the U.S. Army in 1827. That same year, Poe anonymously published Tamerlane and Other Poems, his first collection. After failing to graduate from West Point, Poe began working for several literary journals as a critic and editor, moving from Richmond to Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York. In 1836, he obtained a special license to marry Virginia Clemm, his 13-year-old cousin, who moved with him as he pursued his career in publishing. In 1838, Poe published The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, a tale of a stowaway on a whaling ship and his only novel. In 1842, Virginia began showing signs of consumption, and her progressively worsening illness drove Poe into deep depression and alcohol addiction. “The Raven” (1845) appeared in the Evening Mirror on January 29th. It was an instant success, propelling Poe to the forefront of the American literary scene and earning him a reputation as a leading Romantic. Following Virginia’s death in 1847, Poe became despondent, overwhelmed with grief and burdened with insurmountable debt. Suffering from worsening mental and physical illnesses, Poe was found on the streets of Baltimore in 1849 and died only days later. He is now recognized as a literary pioneer who made important strides in developing techniques essential to horror, detective, and science fiction.