Friday 4 September 2015

Terrifying Tales by Edgar Allan Poe















I'll start off by saying that none of these tales are very terrifying at all. Maybe they were terrifying in the 1800's when they were written or if you happen to find yourself reading them inside a big old creepy house in the middle of nowhere, with all the lights out. But it's essentially a decent collection of short stories.




It's hard going at times because it was written so long ago and people talked differently and wrote differently then to what we are used to. But if you can get past that it's a nice collection. My favourite was the very creepy 'The Pit and The Pendulum',  followed by 'The Masque of the Red Death' and 'The Murders in The Rue Morgue.' The lowest point came with the nauseatingly boring 'The Purloined Letter.'







A decent read and I also enjoyed learning about Edgar Allan Poe. An Author I didn't know a hell of a lot about until I came across this collection. His story is as fascinating as his written works.






3/5














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