「我們所見、所感的一切不過是場夢中夢。」－－愛倫‧坡願你開啟扉頁，一同化作夢魘的偵探……愛倫‧坡，人性黑暗面的洞察者，偵探小說的開山祖師，後世無數創作者的謬斯。若沒有他，文學、影視、音樂的歷史都將改寫。本書精選7篇故事，帶領您探索大師的文字魔境，墜落其夢中夢……【收錄篇章】●莫爾格街凶殺案 The Murders in the Rue Morgue不尋常的敏捷、巨大的力量、獸性的殘暴、沒有動機的謀殺、違反人性的詭譎恐怖、一種各個國家的人都無法分辨出來的外國語言，這一切究竟代表什麼？●瑪麗‧羅傑奇案 The Mystery of Marie Rogêt香粉店員工瑪麗，憑藉其美貌讓公司生意蒸蒸日上。某天，她忽然失蹤了，一星期後卻又一如往常出現在店內。五個月後，瑪麗再度失蹤，...

「我們所見、所感的一切不過是場夢中夢。」－－愛倫‧坡願你開啟扉頁，一同化作夢魘的偵探……愛倫．坡，人性黑暗面的洞察者，偵探小說的開山祖師，後世無數創作者的謬斯。若沒有他，文學、影視、音樂的歷史都將改寫。本書精選15篇故事，帶領你探索大師的文字魔境，墜落其夢中夢……【收錄篇章】●屍變 The Facts in the Case of M. ValdemarＭ‧維德瑪不再有任何生命跡象；因此我們斷定他已經過世，但此時他的舌頭突然強烈震動起來，持續了一分鐘左右。過了震動期，那無法張開的嘴巴竟發出一種說話聲。聲音兼具粗厲、破碎與空洞的特性，是一種不堪聽聞，無以言表之聲。彷彿來自遙遠的地方，或是從地底深處的某個洞穴傳到我們耳裡……●紅死病的面具 The Masque of the Red De...

★恐怖小說祖師爺——愛倫坡迷幻心理經典！華麗藏刀的小說佳構選！★文庫小說的極致奢華製作！打造全年齡閱讀舒適，心緒飽滿的多感閱讀體驗！★兩篇重量級導讀＋四篇經典短篇小說與讀後提問＋近三十幀怪美插圖＋作家年表＝一本獻給文學初心者的「不裝可愛」導讀書！揭露自我那華麗藏刀、明香暗腐的誠摯之惡，不為年代所囿的病態預言美學。不裝可愛的文學導讀書，獻給青春學子，也獻給想要重拾閱讀樂趣的成熟大人。在愛倫坡小說的瑰麗骨血裡，檢出你基因裡失控的孤寂。跨界藝術家 潘家欣、暨南國際大學歷史系助理教授 翁稷安—專文賞析導讀「長的和您一樣難看的漫畫」漫畫家 目前勉強—插畫藝術超個性呈現！全年齡適讀的愛倫坡傑作選，一冊放口袋，面對身心困阻，翻找愛倫坡！「漫漫長夜的漆黑包圍了我。我拚了命地喘息。這沉鬱的黑暗似正壓迫著我，讓我透不過氣。空氣也閉塞得叫人吃不消。」—（陷阱與鐘擺）...

The Black Cat is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in the August 19, 1843, edition of The Saturday Evening Post. It is a study of the psychology of guilt, often paired in analysis with Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart". In both, a murderer carefully conceals his crime and believes himself unassailable, but eventually breaks down and reveals himself, impelled by a nagging reminder of his guilt. The story is presented as a first-person narrative using an unreliable narrator....

The Raven is a narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. First published in January 1845, the poem is often noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere. It tells of a talking raven's mysterious visit to a distraught lover, tracing the man's slow fall into madness. The lover, often identified as being a student, is lamenting the loss of his love, Lenore. Sitting on a bust of Pallas, the raven seems to further distress the protagonist with its constant r...

Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque is a collection of previously-published short stories from the dark pen of Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1840. In his preface, Poe wrote the now-famous quote defending himself from the criticism that his tales were part of "Germanism". He wrote, "If in many of my productions terror has been the thesis, I maintain that terror is not of Germany but of the soul". The collection was dedicated to Colonel William Drayton, anonymous author of The South V...

**原書作者：**美國作家埃德加．愛倫．坡。**朗讀者：**王子芸，尚儀數位學習有聲製播暨發行中心特約聲優、世新大學產學合作配音員。尚儀有聲製播中心是專業的有聲出版品製作與發行單位，由獲得八座金鐘獎的配音大師袁光麟先生擔任聲音總監。書籍簡介：美國作家埃德加．愛倫．坡的短篇小說集。包含《黑貓》、《莫爾格街的謀殺案》、《瑪麗•蘿薏的神秘案》、《金甲蟲》、《登龍》等5篇。《莫爾格街的謀殺案》一般被公認為全世界最早出現的推理小說，故事中的法國偵探杜班亦成為往後部分推理小說中的主角的重要參考；《金甲蟲》則是趁著密碼學的流行之風，寫下的作品，以密碼為中心的故事獲得了成功。愛倫坡於1809年出生於美國的波士頓，幼時父親出走，三歲時母親逝世，由養父母扶養長大。愛倫坡從小酷愛文學，曾先後就讀維吉尼亞大學和西點軍校，但因性格放蕩、經常違反校規而被開除。二十七歲時與表妹維吉尼亞結婚，於此期間完成許多著名作品。他寫詩，也寫散文、短篇小說、及文學評論，以懸疑及驚悚小說最負盛名，是美國19世紀最著名的鬼才...

揭露自我那華麗藏刀、明香暗腐的誠摯之惡，不為年代所囿的病態預言美學。不裝可愛的文學導讀書，獻給青春學子，也獻給想要重拾閱讀樂趣的成熟大人。在愛倫坡小說的瑰麗骨血裡，檢出你基因裡失控的孤寂。跨界藝術家 潘家欣、暨南國際大學歷史系助理教授 翁稷安—專文賞析導讀「長的和您一樣難看的漫畫」漫畫家 目前勉強—插畫藝術超個性呈現！全年齡適讀的愛倫坡傑作選，一冊放口袋，面對身心困阻，翻找愛倫坡！「漫漫長夜的漆黑包圍了我。我拚了命地喘息。這沉鬱的黑暗似正壓迫著我，讓我透不過氣。空氣也閉塞得叫人吃不消。」—（陷阱與鐘擺）本書收錄短篇傑作〈紅死病的面具〉、〈陷阱與鐘擺〉、〈告密的心〉和〈黑貓〉，發表背景為十九世紀初的美國，製造業崛起，城市取代農村，都市或資本主義生活的正負能量影響著每個人。身世顛簸的愛倫坡，藉由故事角色的心緒起伏，映射真實生命與社會體制的矛盾與困厄。歌德式華美詞彙下，流淌著醉意的、亢奮的、自我戲謔的心理驚狂；他的小說是頹靡自恃的幻夢，虛實難料，...

The Murders in the Rue Morgue is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham's Magazine in 1841. It has been claimed as the first detective story and also as the model for Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot; Poe referred to it as one of his "tales of ratiocination". Similar works predate Poe's stories, including Das Fraulein von Scuderi (1819) by E.T.A. Hoffmann and Zadig (1748) by Voltaire. Detective C. Auguste Dupin is faced with the most puzzling case of his career as witness a...

The story is about the torments endured by a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition, though Poe skews historical facts. The narrator of the story is deemed guilty for an unnamed crime and put into a completely dark room. He passes out while trying to determine the size of the room. When he wakes up, he realizes there is a large, deep pit in the middle of the room. He loses consciousness again and awakens strapped on his back, unable to move more than his head. He soon realizes there is a larg...

A Tale of the Ragged Mountains is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe partially based on his experiences while he is a student at the University of Virginia. It was first published in Godey's Lady's Book in April 1844 and was included in Poe's short story collection Tales, published in New York by Wiley and Putnam in 1845. Set in late November 1827, the tale is begun by an unidentified narrator whose story is the loose outer frame for the central tale of Augustus Bedloe, a wealthy young inval...

The Tell-Tale Heart is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, A pioneer of the short story genre, whose stories typically captured themes of the macabre and included elements of the mysterious. The story was first published in James Russell Lowell's The Pioneer in January 1843. It follows an unnamed narrator who murders an old man with a "vulture eye". Murder is carefully designed, and the murderer hides the body by cutting it into pieces and hiding it under the floorboards. The narrator denies...