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1808761The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings of Edgar Allan Poehttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-tell-tale-heart-and-other-writings-of-edgar-allan-poe-1/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1316487/e3556cce-cc89-4edb-8bdc-aad8426b79c4.jpg?v=6383378559486700006161MXNLiongate PressInStock/Ebooks/<p>During the last few years every incident in the life of Edgar Poe has been subjected to microscopic investigation. The result has not been altogether satisfactory. On the one hand, envy and prejudice have magnified every blemish of his character into crime, whilst on the other, blind admiration would depict him as far "too good for human natures daily food." Let us endeavor to judge him impartially, granting that he was as a mortal subject to the ordinary weaknesses of mortality, but that he was tempted sorely, treated badly, and suffered deeply.</p><p>The poets ancestry and parentage are chiefly interesting as explaining some of the complexities of his character. His father, David Poe, was of Anglo-Irish extraction. Educated for the Bar, he elected to abandon it for the stage. In one of his tours through the chief towns of the United States he met and married a young actress, Elizabeth Arnold, member of an English family distinguished for its musical talents. As an actress, Elizabeth Poe acquired some reputation, but became even better known for her domestic virtues. In those days the United States afforded little scope for dramatic energy, so it is not surprising to find that when her husband died, after a few years of married life, the young widow had a vain struggle to maintain herself and three little ones, William Henry, Edgar, and Rosalie. Before her premature death, in December, 1811, the poets mother had been reduced to the dire necessity of living on the charity of her neighbors.</p>...1779744The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings of Edgar Allan Poe6161https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-tell-tale-heart-and-other-writings-of-edgar-allan-poe-1/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1316487/e3556cce-cc89-4edb-8bdc-aad8426b79c4.jpg?v=638337855948670000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20141230000250069_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_<p>During the last few years every incident in the life of Edgar Poe has been subjected to microscopic investigation. The result has not been altogether satisfactory. On the one hand, envy and prejudice have magnified every blemish of his character into crime, whilst on the other, blind admiration would depict him as far "too good for human natures daily food." Let us endeavor to judge him impartially, granting that he was as a mortal subject to the ordinary weaknesses of mortality, but that he was tempted sorely, treated badly, and suffered deeply.</p> <p>The poets ancestry and parentage are chiefly interesting as explaining some of the complexities of his character. His father, David Poe, was of Anglo-Irish extraction. Educated for the Bar, he elected to abandon it for the stage. In one of his tours through the chief towns of the United States he met and married a young actress, Elizabeth Arnold, member of an English family distinguished for its musical talents. As an actress, Elizabeth Poe acquired some reputation, but became even better known for her domestic virtues. In those days the United States afforded little scope for dramatic energy, so it is not surprising to find that when her husband died, after a few years of married life, the young widow had a vain struggle to maintain herself and three little ones, William Henry, Edgar, and Rosalie. Before her premature death, in December, 1811, the poets mother had been reduced to the dire necessity of living on the charity of her neighbors.</p>(*_*)1230000250069_<p>During the last few years every incident in the life of Edgar Poe has been subjected to microscopic investigation. The result has not been altogether satisfactory. On the one hand, envy and prejudice have magnified every blemish of his character into crime, whilst on the other, blind admiration would depict him as far "too good for human natures daily food." Let us endeavor to judge him impartially, granting that he was as a mortal subject to the ordinary weaknesses of mortality, but that he was tempted sorely, treated badly, and suffered deeply.</p><p>The poets ancestry and parentage are chiefly interesting as explaining some of the complexities of his character. His father, David Poe, was of Anglo-Irish extraction. Educated for the Bar, he elected to abandon it for the stage. In one of his tours through the chief towns of the United States he met and married a young actress, Elizabeth Arnold, member of an English family distinguished for its musical talents. As an actress, Elizabeth Poe acquired some reputation, but became even better known for her domestic virtues. In those days the United States afforded little scope for dramatic energy, so it is not surprising to find that when her husband died, after a few years of married life, the young widow had a vain struggle to maintain herself and three little ones, William Henry, Edgar, and Rosalie. Before her premature death, in December, 1811, the poets mother had been reduced to the dire necessity of living on the charity of her neighbors.</p>...1230000250069_Liongate Presslibro_electonico_b89af31a-d63f-36c1-9e95-2d0cb5f2fafc_1230000250069;1230000250069_1230000250069Edgar AllanInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/5baa2a34-b35e-43e7-800c-3ff28d64e72b-epub-1a88de5d-6dcb-4603-8077-7f1e14d548fb.epub2014-07-04T00:00:00+00:00Liongate Press