Name: The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade Edgar Allan Poe
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Author: Edgar Allan Poe
ISBN: 9781542660730

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The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade Edgar Allan Poe

Type

Physical Book

Author

Edgar Allan Poe

Illustrated by

Paula Benitez

Publisher

Createspace

Language

English

Pages

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9x15.2x0.1 cm

Weight

0.05 kg.

ISBN13

9781542660730

Synopsis "The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade Edgar Allan Poe"

HAVING had occasion, lately, in the course of some Oriental investigations, to consult the Tellmenow Isitsöornot, a work which (like the Zohar of Simeon Jochaides) is scarcely known at all, even in Europe, and which has never been quoted, to my knowledge, by any American - if we except, perhaps, the author of the "Curiosities of American Literature;" - having had occasion, I say, to turn over some pages of the first-mentioned very remarkable work, I was not a little astonished to discover that the literary world has hitherto been strangely in error respecting the fate of the vizier's daughter, Scheherazade, as that fate is depicted in the "Arabian Nights"; and that the denouément there given, if not altogether inaccurate, as far as it goes, is at least to blame in not having gone very much farther.

Edgar Allan Poe

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Edgar Allan Poe (Boston, United States, 1809-1849) was a celebrated American writer, considered a master of the short story and a renovator of Gothic narrative. His work, marked by mystery and terror, includes iconic titles such as The Raven (1845), which immortalized him, and innovative poems and stories that influenced genres like detective fiction and science fiction. In addition to his literary output, Poe stood out as a critic and theorist, especially with his essay The Philosophy of Composition (1846). His legacy remains alive and has inspired literature, cinema, music, and art to this day.

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