Short Stories by Edgar Allan Poe

Short Stories

by Edgar Allan Poe

Hello :) Today's review is about the famous horror novelist par excellence.

Check out my last review about The Picture of Dorian Gray :)

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The book I'm reviewing today is about a group of short stories by the American writer Edgar Allan Poe. 

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The stories were pretty easy to read and it was going fluently because it's not so full of harsh words. Just sometimes there are some foreigner words, but thankfully I'm polyglot :)

It's a collection of ten short stories, including: 

The Fall of The House of Usher; The Murders in the Rue Morgue; The Pit and the Pendulum; The Masque of the Red Death; The Black Cat; The Tell-Tale Heart; The Premature Burial; The Facts in the Case of M. Valdermar; The Cask of Amontillado and Hop-Frog. 

The first one hasn't really been the most scariest of them all in my opinion, but it's still pretty enjoyable to read. They probably put it as the first to prepare you for the gruesome ones that will follow :)

The second is definitely one of the most disturbing ones, especially when he's describing the two cadavers of the ladies in Rue Morgue. This short story presents some French words, since it's set in Paris, so be ready with a dictionary if you haven't study French ;)

The third was a bit creepy considering that he's trapped in a cell with rats trying to devouring him, but otherwise it was a pretty interesting one too. 

The fourth started a bit slow and I was really scared I would have been disappointed by it but the finale was just amazing, if we can say that about a horror. 

The fifth, the Black Cat, is, by far, the one I enjoyed the most, I liked how the cruelty of the human against the little creature then backfired him. 

The sixth was quite creepy as well, especially because the old man in it had a scary eye that tormented also the protagonist. 

The seventh, well, I think I speak for all of us when I say that that's probably one of the main nightmares of everyone, being buried alive. Who isn't scared of that? 

The last three were full of death and violence as well, especially the last one, it had a finale that I would have never expected. 

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So to conclude this, I loved it. 

I didn't have many expectations about it, because it was the first time I've read any of his stories, except his poem The Raven. 

I need to say that one story after the other I was captured into this poetic style of writing and right now I can't even choose my favourite one anymore, I adored them all :)