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Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque

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Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque is a collection of short stories written by Edgar Allan Poe. Released in 1840, it reprints previously published stories.

Stories within[]

Part One[]

  • Morella - First published in 1835, about a man marrying a scholar
  • Lionizing
  • William Wilson - First published in 1839, about a doppelgänger
  • The Man That Was Used Up - First published in 1839, about a soldier being rebuilt with machinery
  • The Fall of the House of Usher - First published in 1839, about the destruction of the titular house
  • The Duc de L'Omelette - First published in 1832, about a man being sent to Hell
  • MS. Found in a Bottle - First published in 1833, about a man stranded at sea
  • Bon-Bon - First published in 1832, about a French restaurant owner
  • Shadow: A Parable
  • The Devil in the Belfry - First published in 1839, about the Devil visiting a boring town
  • Ligeia - First published in 1838, about a wife dying
  • King Pest
  • The Signora Zenobia
  • The Scythe of Time

Part Two[]

  • Epimanes - A short story about Epiphanes
  • Siope
  • The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall - First published in 1835, originally intended to be a hoax
  • A Tale of Jerusalem
  • Von Jung
  • Loss of Breath - First published in 1832, about a man seeking to find his lost breath
  • Metzengerstein - First published in 1832, about a family feud
  • Berenice - First published in 1835, about a man whom becomes obsessed with the teeth of his dead cousin
  • Why the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling
  • The Visionary
  • The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion - First published in 1839, about two people discussing the end of the world

Publisher's summary[]

Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, the com­pan­ion vol­ume to Poe’s better-​known Tales of Mys­tery and Imag­i­na­tion, con­tains a selec­tion of his very best sto­ries, many of which first appeared in book form in the orig­i­nal Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque in 1840. Many of the sto­ries deal with the famil­iar Poe themes of mur­der, obses­sion and pas­sion, but this vol­ume also con­tains many often-​overlooked tales of the fan­tas­tic and comic, par­o­dies and hoaxes, includ­ing ‘The Unpar­al­leled Adven­ture of Hans Pfaall’, ‘Mes­meric Rev­e­la­tion’, ‘Hop-​Frog’, and & ‘The Imp of the Perverse’.

See also[]

  • Twice-Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe

Sources[]

  • Wikipedia
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