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A review by lukre
Selected Tales by Edgar Allan Poe
4.0
There are some AMAZING stories here (and I'm not talking about the ones all of us know about like the Tell-tale Heart), I mean The Oval Portrait or The Colloquy of Monos and Una - these two, they are so atmospheric, so dark and spooky, so beautifully written that I am amazed they aren't talked about more!
But then we get some head-scratching ones - and these are mostly the Dupin ones. And I don't get it, besides the Purloined letter these are just him monologuing how stupid everyone around him is and how smart he is. And unlike with Poirot, the reader is not given a chance really to follow along with the detective. Hmmm.
All in all Poe is a master when he is talking about the human soul, the darkness and beauty in it. Go read this.
But then we get some head-scratching ones - and these are mostly the Dupin ones. And I don't get it, besides the Purloined letter these are just him monologuing how stupid everyone around him is and how smart he is. And unlike with Poirot, the reader is not given a chance really to follow along with the detective. Hmmm.
All in all Poe is a master when he is talking about the human soul, the darkness and beauty in it. Go read this.