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The Raven 乌鸦（英文版）
TheRavenisanarrativepoembyAmericanwriterEdgarAllanPoe.FirstpublishedinJanuary1845,thepoemisoftennotedforitsmusicality,stylizedlanguage,andsupernaturalatmosphere.Ittellsofatalkingraven'smysteriousvisittoadistraughtlover,tracingtheman'sslowfallintomadness.Thelover,oftenidentifiedasbeingastudent,islamentingthelossofhislove,Lenore.SittingonabustofPallas,theravenseemstofurtherdistresstheprotagonistwithitsconstantrepetitionoftheword"Nevermore".Thepoemmakesuseoffolk,mythological,religious,andclassicalreferences.Poeclaimedtohavewrittenthepoemlogicallyandmethodically,intendingtocreateapoemthatwouldappealtobothcriticalandpopulartastes,asheexplainedinhis1846follow-upessay,"ThePhilosophyofComposition".ThepoemwasinspiredinpartbyatalkingraveninthenovelBarnabyRudge:ATaleoftheRiotsof'EightybyCharlesDickens.PoeborrowsthecomplexrhythmandmeterofElizabethBarrett'spoem"LadyGeraldine'sCourtship",andmakesuseofinternalrhymeaswellasalliterationthroughout. - 会员
The Cask of Amontillado 一桶阿蒙蒂亚度酒/一桶白葡萄酒（英文版）
TheCaskofAmontillado(sometimesspelled"TheCasqueofAmontillado")isashortstory,writtenbyEdgarAllanPoeandfirstpublishedintheNovember1846issueofGodey'sLady'sBook.ThestoryissetinanunnamedItaliancityatcarnivaltimeinanunspecifiedyear,andisaboutamantakingfatalrevengeonafriendwho,hebelieves,hasinsultedhim.LikeseveralofPoe'sstories,andinkeepingwiththe19th-centuryfascinationwiththesubject,thenarrativerevolvesaroundapersonbeingburiedalive—inthiscase,byimmurement(aformofimprisonment,inwhichapersonislockedwithinanenclosedspaceandallpossibleexitsturnedintoimpassablewalls).Revengeturnsdeadlywhenthenarrator,Montressor,burieshisfriend,Fortunato,aliveastheresultofaperceivedinsult.Like"TheBlackCat"and"TheTell-TaleHeart,""TheCaskofAmontillado"isremarkableforbeingconveyedfromthemurderer'sperspective. - 会员
The Devil in the Belfry 钟楼里的魔鬼/钟楼魔影（英文版）
TheDevilintheBelfryisasatiricalshortstorybyEdgarAllanPoe.Itwasfirstpublishedin1839.InanisolatedtownVondervotteimittiss(wonder-what-time-it-is),thepunctiliousinhabitantsseemtobeconcernedwithnothingbutclocksandcabbage.Thismethodical,boringandquietlittleboroughisdevastatedbythearrivalofadevilishfigureplayingabigfiddlewhocomesstraightdownfromahill,goesintothebelltower,brutallyattacksthebelfry-manandringsthirteeno'clock,tothehorrorofthetown'sinhabitants.Thedevilcharactercanbeseenasthebringerofchaostoanorderedsystem.Inthecontextofthestory,thedevilisatroublemakerwhodestroystheserenityoftradition.However,inthatPoemocksthetown'sridiculoustraditions,itcanbeinterpretedthatthedevilisaviolentforceofchange,originalityandcreativityinanotherwisestagnantenvironment.Somehaveclaimedthestorytobepoliticalsatire,butPoe'sliteraryplay,hispleasureatcreatingconnections,seemsmoreimportantthananysingle'target'ofsatire." - 会员
The Angel of the Odd 离奇天使（英文版）
TheAngeloftheOddisasatiricalshortstorybyEdgarAllanPoe,firstpublishedinColumbianMagazinein1844.Thestoryfollowsanarratorwhoreadsastoryaboutamanwhodiedbecauseaneedlesuckeddownhisthroataccidentally.Heragesatthegullibilityofhumanityforbelievingahoaxlikesuchoddstories.Justthen,astrange-lookingcreaturemadeofakegandwinebottlesappears.ThecreatureannouncesthatheistheAngeloftheOddandthatheisresponsibleforthestrangeevents.Theman,unconvinced,drivestheangelawayandtakesanalcohol-inducednap.Twohourslaterwhenhewakesup,Hehasmissedanappointmenttorenewhisfireinsurance.Ironically,hishousehascaughtfireandheescapesoutawindowusingaladderthecrowdbelowhasprovidedforhim.ThestoryisespeciallyinterestingasitwaspublishedonlysixmonthsafterPoe'sowngreathoax,"TheBalloon-Hoax",whichmanybelievedtobetruedespiteitselementsoftheodd. - 会员
The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade 山鲁佐德的第一千零二个故事（英文版）
TheThousand-and-SecondTaleofScheherazadeisashort-storybyAmericanauthorEdgarAllanPoe(1809–1849).ItwaspublishedintheFebruary1845issueofGodey'sLady'sBookandwasintendedasapartlyhumoroussequeltothecelebratedcollectionofMiddleEasterntalesOneThousandandOneNights.ThetaledepictstheeighthandfinalvoyageofSinbadtheSailor,alongwiththevariousmysteriesSinbadandhiscrewencounter;theanomaliesarethendescribedasfootnotestothestory.WhiletheKingisuncertain—exceptinthecaseoftheelephantscarryingtheworldonthebackoftheturtle—thatthesemysteriesarereal,theyareactualmoderneventsthatoccurredinvariousplacesduring,orbefore,Poe'slifetime.ThestoryendswiththekinginsuchdisgustattheoutlandishtalesScheherazadehasjustwoven,thathehasherexecutedthenextday.Poe'sbeginswiththeArabianNightfableandaddedonemorenightto1001tokillherattheend,whenshetoldthestoryoftheSindbadhisadventurewithsomesortofthemoderninvention… - 会员
A Tale of the Ragged Mountains 崎岖山的故事（英文版）
ATaleoftheRaggedMountainsisashortstorybyEdgarAllanPoepartiallybasedonhisexperienceswhileheisastudentattheUniversityofVirginia.ItwasfirstpublishedinGodey'sLady'sBookinApril1844andwasincludedinPoe'sshortstorycollectionTales,publishedinNewYorkbyWileyandPutnamin1845.SetinlateNovember1827,thetaleisbegunbyanunidentifiednarratorwhosestoryisthelooseouterframeforthecentraltaleofAugustusBedloe,awealthyyounginvalidwhomthenarratorhasknown"casually"foreighteenyearsyetwhostillremainsanenigma.Becauseofongoingproblemswithneuralgia,Bedloehasretainedtheexclusiveservicesof70-year-oldphysicianDr.Templeton,adevoteeofFranzMesmerandthedoctrineofanimalmagnetism,alsocalled"mesmerism".Inthetextof"ATaleoftheRaggedMountains"readerscanfindscientifictheoriesofPoe'sdaysuchasMesmerism,andthestoryalsoconnectswithBritishimperialhistoryasinthekiosksceneinthe"Eastern-lookingcity." - 会员
The Pit and the Pendulum 陷阱与钟摆（英文版）
ThestoryisaboutthetormentsenduredbyaprisoneroftheSpanishInquisition,thoughPoeskewshistoricalfacts.Thenarratorofthestoryisdeemedguiltyforanunnamedcrimeandputintoacompletelydarkroom.Hepassesoutwhiletryingtodeterminethesizeoftheroom.Whenhewakesup,herealizesthereisalarge,deeppitinthemiddleoftheroom.Helosesconsciousnessagainandawakensstrappedonhisback,unabletomovemorethanhishead.Hesoonrealizesthereisalargeblade-likependulumhangingabovehim,slowlygettingclosertocuttingthroughhischest.Hefindsawaytoescapebutthewallsofhisprisonstarttomoveandcloseinonhim,pushinghimcloserandclosertofallingintothepit."ThePitandthePendulum"isashortstorywrittenbyEdgarAllanPoeandfirstpublishedin1842. - 会员
The Tell-Tale Heart 告密的心/泄密的心（英文版）
TheTell-TaleHeartisashortstorybyEdgarAllanPoe,Apioneeroftheshortstorygenre,whosestoriestypicallycapturedthemesofthemacabreandincludedelementsofthemysterious.ThestorywasfirstpublishedinJamesRussellLowell'sThePioneerinJanuary1843.Itfollowsanunnamednarratorwhomurdersanoldmanwitha"vultureeye".Murderiscarefullydesigned,andthemurdererhidesthebodybycuttingitintopiecesandhidingitunderthefloorboards.Thenarratordenieshavinganyfeelingsofhatredorresentmentforthevictim.Healsodeniesthathekilledforgreed.Thespecificmotivationformurder,therelationshipbetweennarratorandoldman,andotherdetailsareleftunclear.Ithasbeenspeculatedthattheoldmanisafatherfigure,thenarrator'slandlord,orthatthenarratorworksfortheoldmanasaservant,andthatperhapshis"vulture-eye"representssomesortofveiledsecret,orpower. - 会员
The Purloined Letter 失窃的信（英文版）
ThePurloinedLetterisashortstorybyAmericanauthorEdgarAllanPoe.ItisthethirdofhisthreedetectivestoriesfeaturingthefictionalC.AugusteDupin,theothertwobeing"TheMurdersintheRueMorgue"and"TheMysteryofMarieRogêt".Thesestoriesareconsideredtobeimportantearlyforerunnersofthemoderndetectivestory.ItfirstappearedinTheGiftfor1845(1844)andwassoonreprintedinnumerousjournalsandnewspapers.TheunnamednarratorisdiscussingsomeofhismostcelebratedcaseswiththefamousParisianamateurdetectiveC.AugusteDupinwhentheyarejoinedbythePrefectofthePolice,amanknownasG—.ThePrefecthasacasehewouldliketodiscusswithDupin.AletterhasbeenstolenfromtheboudoirofanunnamedfemalebytheunscrupulousMinisterD—.Itissaidtocontaincompromisinginformation.Dantonwasintheroom,sawtheletter,andswitcheditforaletterofnoimportance.Hehasbeenblackmailinghisvictim. - 会员
The Masque of the Red Death 红死病的面具（英文版）
TheMasqueoftheRedDeath,originallypublishedas"TheMaskoftheRedDeath",isashortstorywrittenbyEdgarAllanPoeandfirstpublishedin1842.Thestoryfollowsthe"happyanddauntlessandsagacious"PrinceProspero'sattemptstoavoidadangerousplagueknownastheRedDeathbyhidinginhiscastellatedabbey.He,alongwithmanyotherwealthynobles,hasamasqueradeballwithinsevenroomsofhisabbey,eachdecoratedwithadifferentcolor.Inthemidstoftheirrevelry,amysteriousfigureentersandmakeshiswaythrougheachoftherooms.WhenProsperoconfrontsthisstranger,hefallsdead.ThestoryfollowsmanytraditionsofGothicfictionandisoftenanalyzedasanallegoryabouttheinevitabilityofdeath,thoughsomecriticsadviseagainstanallegoricalreading.Manydifferentinterpretationshavebeenpresented,aswellasattemptstoidentifythetruenatureofthediseaseofthe"RedDeath." - 会员
Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque（IV） 怪诞蔓藤花纹的传说怪异故事集（英文版）
Thisworkisacollectionofpreviously-publishedshortstoriesfromthedarkpenofEdgarAllanPoe,firstpublishedin1840.InthisvolumeweexaminesomeTalesofTheGrotesqueAndArabesquefromthedarkpenofEdgarAllanPoe.HewasbornEdgarPoeinBostonMassachusettsonJanuary19th1809andtragicallyorphanedatanearlyage.TakeninbytheAllanfamilyhiseducationwascutshortbylackoffundsandhewenttothemilitaryacademyWestPointwherehefailedtobecomeanofficer.Hisearlyliteraryworkswerepoeticbuthequicklyturnedtoprose.HeworkedforseveralmagazinesandjournalsuntilinJanuary1845TheRavenwaspublishedandbecameaninstantclassic.Thereafterfollowedtheworksforwhichheisnowsorightlyfamedasamasterofthemysteriousandmacabre.Poediedattheearlyageof40in1849inBaltimore,Marylan - 会员
Mesmeric Revelation 催眠启示录（英文版）
EdgarAllanPoewasanAmericanauthor,poet,editor,andliterarycritic,consideredpartoftheAmericanRomanticMovement.MesmericRevelationisashortstorythatwidelyconsideredasoneofthetop100greatestbooksofalltime.Thisgreatnovelwillsurelyattractawholenewgenerationofreaders.Formany,MesmericRevelationisrequiredreadingforvariouscoursesandcurriculums.Andforotherswhosimplyenjoyreadingtimelesspiecesofclassicliterature,thisgembyEdgarAllanPoeishighlyrecommended.PublishedbyQuillPenClassicsandbeautifullyproduced,MesmericRevelationwouldmakeanidealgiftanditshouldbeapartofeveryone'spersonallibrary.EdgarAllanPoe'spsychologicalshortstoryaboutamanreferredtoas"P"whoconvincesadyingman,Mr.Vankirk,tobehypnotizedinordertoseeifhecanfindthetrueanswersaboutGod,thespiritualworldandtheuniverse. - 会员
Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque（I） 怪诞蔓藤花纹的传说怪异故事集（英文版）
TalesoftheGrotesqueandArabesqueisacollectionofpreviously-publishedshortstoriesfromthedarkpenofEdgarAllanPoe,firstpublishedin1840.Inhispreface,Poewrotethenow-famousquotedefendinghimselffromthecriticismthathistaleswerepartof"Germanism".Hewrote,"Ifinmanyofmyproductionsterrorhasbeenthethesis,ImaintainthatterrorisnotofGermanybutofthesoul".ThecollectionwasdedicatedtoColonelWilliamDrayton,anonymousauthorofTheSouthVindicatedfromtheTreasonandFanaticismoftheNorthernAbolitionists.PoeprobablyhadseenthetermsusedbySirWalterScottinhisessay"OntheSupernaturalinFictitiousComposition".BothtermsrefertoatypeofIslamicartusedtodecoratewalls,especiallyinmosques.Theseartstylesareknownfortheircomplexnature.Poehadusedtheterm"arabesque"inthissenseinhisessay"ThePhilosophyofFurniture". - 会员
The Mystery of Marie Roget 玛丽·罗杰奇案（英文版）
EdgarAllanPoewrotetheshortstory"TheMysteryofMarieRogêt"in1842,itsubtitledasequelto"TheMurdersintheRueMorgue".Thisisthefirstmurdermysterybasedonthedetailsofarealcrime.ItfirstappearedinSnowden'sLadies'Companioninthreeinstallments,NovemberandDecember1842andFebruary1843.DetectiveC.AugusteDupinuseshissuperiordeductiveskillstodiscovertheidentityofthemurdererwhenthebodyofMarieRogêtisfoundintheSeineRiver."TheMysteryofMarieRogêt"isbasedinpartontheactualmurderofMaryCeciliaRogersinNewYorkinthemid-nineteenthcentury,andisbelievedtobethefirstexampleofreal-lifecrimeusedasafoundationforfictionalnarrative.Poeispioneeroftheshortstorygenre,hisstoriestypicallycapturedthemesofthemacabreandincludedelementsofthemysterious.Hisbetter-knownstoriesinclude"TheFalloftheHouseofUsher","ThePitandthePendulum","TheMurdersintheRueMorgue","TheMasqueoftheRedDeath"and"TheTell-TaleHeart". - 会员
Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque（III） 怪诞蔓藤花纹的传说怪异故事集（英文版）
Poewrotethenow-famousquotedefendinghimselffromthecriticismthathistaleswerepartof"Germanism"Inprefaceofthisbook,"Ifinmanyofmyproductionsterrorhasbeenthethesis,ImaintainthatterrorisnotofGermanybutofthesoul".ThecollectionwasdedicatedtoColonelWilliamDrayton,anonymousauthorofTheSouthVindicatedfromtheTreasonandFanaticismoftheNorthernAbolitionists.The"arabesque"storiesfocusonasingleaspectofacharacter,oftenpsychological,suchas"TheFalloftheHouseofUsher".AdistantrelativeofPoe,modernscholarHarryLeePoe,wrotethat"grotesque"means"horror",whichisgoryandoftendisgusting,and"arabesque"means"terror",whichforsakesthebloodandgoreforthesakeoffrighteningthereader.[8]Evenso,accuratelydefiningPoe'sintentionsforthetermsisdifficultandsubdividinghistalesintoonecategoryoranotherisevenmoredifficult.Thisworkisacollectionofpreviously-publishedshortstoriesfromthedarkpenofEdgarAllanPoe,firstpublishedin1840. - 会员
The Black Cat 黑猫（英文版）
TheBlackCatisashortstorybyEdgarAllanPoe.ItwasfirstpublishedintheAugust19,1843,editionofTheSaturdayEveningPost.Itisastudyofthepsychologyofguilt,oftenpairedinanalysiswithPoe's"TheTell-TaleHeart".Inboth,amurderercarefullyconcealshiscrimeandbelieveshimselfunassailable,buteventuallybreaksdownandrevealshimself,impelledbyanaggingreminderofhisguilt.Thestoryispresentedasafirst-personnarrativeusinganunreliablenarrator.Heisacondemnedmanattheoutsetofthestory.Thenarratortellsusthatfromanearlyagehehaslovedanimals.Heandhiswifehavemanypets,includingalarge,beautifulblackcat(asdescribedbythenarrator)namedPluto.Thiscatisespeciallyfondofthenarratorandviceversa.Theirmutualfriendshiplastsforseveralyears,untilthenarratorbecomesanalcoholic.Onenight,aftercominghomecompletelyintoxicated,hebelievesthecattobeavoidinghim.Whenhetriestoseizeit,thepanickedcatbitesthenarrator,andinafitofrage,heseizestheanimal,pullsapen-knifefromhispocket,anddeliberatelygougesoutthecat'seye. - 会员
Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque（II） 怪诞蔓藤花纹的传说怪异故事集（英文版）
Thisworkisacollectionofpreviously-publishedshortstoriesfromthedarkpenofEdgarAllanPoe,firstpublishedin1840.Poewrotethenow-famousquotedefendinghimselffromthecriticismthathistaleswerepartof"Germanism"Inprefaceofthisbook,"Ifinmanyofmyproductionsterrorhasbeenthethesis,ImaintainthatterrorisnotofGermanybutofthesoul".ThecollectionwasdedicatedtoColonelWilliamDrayton,anonymousauthorofTheSouthVindicatedfromtheTreasonandFanaticismoftheNorthernAbolitionists.The"arabesque"storiesfocusonasingleaspectofacharacter,oftenpsychological,suchas"TheFalloftheHouseofUsher".AdistantrelativeofPoe,modernscholarHarryLeePoe,wrotethat"grotesque"means"horror",whichisgoryandoftendisgusting,and"arabesque"means"terror",whichforsakesthebloodandgoreforthesakeoffrighteningthereader.[8]Evenso,accuratelydefiningPoe'sintentionsforthetermsisdifficultandsubdividinghistalesintoonecategoryoranotherisevenmoredifficult.Thisworkisacollectionofpreviously-publishedshortstoriesfromthedarkpenofEdgarAllanPoe,firstpublishedin1840. - 会员
The Gold-Bug 金甲虫（英文版）
EdgarAllanisapioneeroftheshortstorygenre.Hisstoriestypicallycapturedthemesofthemacabreandincludedelementsofthemysterious."TheGold-Bug"isashortstorybyEdgarAllanPoepublishedin1843.Thestory,setonSullivan'sIsland,SouthCarolina,isoftencomparedwithPoe's"talesofratiocination"asanearlyformofdetectivefiction.Poebecameawareofthepublic'sinterestinsecretwritingin1840andaskedreaderstochallengehisskillsasacode-breaker.Hetookadvantageofthepopularityofcryptographyashewaswriting"TheGold-Bug",andthesuccessofthestorycentersononesuchcryptogram.TheplotfollowsWilliamLegrandwhowasbittenbyagold-coloredbug.HisservantJupiterfearsthatLegrandisgoinginsaneandgoestoLegrand'sfriend,anunnamednarrator,whoagreestovisithisoldfriend.Legrandpullstheothertwointoanadventureafterdecipheringasecretmessagethatwillleadtoaburiedtreasure. - 会员
The Fall of the House of Usher 厄舍府的没落（英文版）
TheFalloftheHouseofUsherisashortstorybyAmericanwriterEdgarAllanPoe,firstpublishedin1839.ItiswidelyconsideredEdgarAllanPoe'sgreatestwork,andamasterpieceofGothichorror.Thestorybeginswiththeunnamednarratorarrivingatthehouseofhisfriend,RoderickUsher,whocomplainsofanillnessandaskingforhishelp.Roderick'sconditioncanbedescribedaccordingtoitsterminology.Itincludesaformofsensoryoverloadknownashyperesthesia,hypochondria,andacuteanxiety.ItisrevealedthatRoderick'stwinsister,Madeline,isalsoillandfallsintocataleptic,deathliketrances.ThenarratorisimpressedwithRoderick'spaintings,andattemptstocheerhimbyreadingwithhimandlisteningtohisimprovisedmusicalcompositionsontheguitar.Rodericksings"TheHauntedPalace",thentellsthenarratorthathebelievesthehousehelivesintobealive,andthatthissentiencearisesfromthearrangementofthemasonryandvegetationsurroundingit. - 会员
The Murders in the Rue Morgue 莫尔格街凶杀案（英文版）
TheMurdersintheRueMorgueisashortstorybyEdgarAllanPoepublishedinGraham'sMagazinein1841.IthasbeenclaimedasthefirstdetectivestoryandalsoasthemodelforSherlockHolmesandHerculePoirot;Poereferredtoitasoneofhis"talesofratiocination".SimilarworkspredatePoe'sstories,includingDasFrauleinvonScuderi(1819)byE.T.A.HoffmannandZadig(1748)byVoltaire.DetectiveC.AugusteDupinisfacedwiththemostpuzzlingcaseofhiscareeraswitnessaccountscontradicteachotherandkeyevidencefromtheperpetratordoesnotappeartobehumanwhenthemutilatedbodiesofMadameL'EspanayeandherdaughterarefoundintherueMorgue.InthestoryallofParisisinshockfollowingtheghastlymurderoftwowomen-butwithallwitnessesclaimingtohaveheardthesuspectspeakadifferentlanguage,thepolicearestumped.WhenDupinfindsasuspicioushairatthecrimescene,andplacesanadvertinthenewspaperaskingifanyonehaslostan'Ourang-Outang',thingstakeanunexpectedturn…
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