Edited with an Introduction by David Galloway.

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

"The most original genius that America has produced." —Alfred, Lord Tennyson Edgar Allan Poe was a writer of uncommon talent; in The Murders in the Rue Morgue he created the genre of detective fiction while his genius for finding the strangeness lurking within us all has been an influence on everyone from Freud to Hollywood. This complete collection of all his short stories ...(展开全部)

The Fall of the House of Usher is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1839. It is widely considered Edgar Allan Poe's greatest work, and a masterpiece of Gothic horror. The story begins with the unnamed narrator arriving at the house of his friend, Roderick Usher, who complains of an illness and asking for his help. Roderick's condition can be described according to its terminology. It includes a form of sensory overload known as hyperesthesia, hypochondria, and acute anxiety. It is revealed that Roderick's twin sister, Madeline, is also ill and falls into cataleptic, deathlike trances. The narrator is impressed with Roderick's paintings, and attempts to cheer him by reading with him and listening to his improvised musical compositions on the guitar. Roderick sings "The Haunted Palace", then tells the narrator that he believes the house he lives in to be alive, and that this sentience arises from the arrangement of the masonry and vegetation surrounding it.

The Fall of the House of Usher is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1839. It is widely considered Edgar Allan Poe's greatest work, and a masterpiece of Gothic horror. The story begins with the unnamed narrator arriving at the house of his friend, Roderick Usher, who complains of an illness and asking for his help. Roderick's condition can be described according to its terminology. It includes a form of sensory overload known as hyperesthesia, hypochondria, and acute anxiety. It is revealed that Roderick's twin sister, Madeline, is also ill and falls into cataleptic, deathlike trances. The narrator is impressed with Roderick's paintings, and attempts to cheer him by reading with him and listening to his improvised musical compositions on the guitar. Roderick sings "The Haunted Palace", then tells the narrator that he believes the house he lives in to be alive, and that this sentience arises from the arrangement of the masonry and vegetation surrounding it.

Edited with an Introduction by David Galloway.

克里斯托弗•希伯特于1924年出生于英国莱斯特郡，英国皇家文学院成员、莱斯特大学文学荣誉博士，毕业于牛津大学拉德利和奥里尔学院。二战期间他入伍成为一名步兵，曾两次负伤，并于1945年获得军功十字勋章。《新政治家》称其为“传记作者中的明珠”，《泰晤士报》则形容他“可能是世上最具天赋的通俗历史学家”。克里斯托弗•希伯特著有许多广受赞誉的作品，包括《拉格伦王的灭亡》（荣获1962年海涅曼文学奖）、《伦敦城市史》《法国大革命》《罗马城市史》《佛罗伦萨城市史》等。有两个儿子和一个女儿，现居于泰晤士河畔亨利小镇。 译者冯璇，北京外国语大学英语学院毕业，曾在出版社从事版权进出口工作，现专门进行著作翻译。

The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici is the achievement of a polished historian who is blessed with an unusual gift for pleasing narrative. Divided into four parts, none of which seems overcrowded in spite of their variety of characters and events, the book is beautifully balanced and proportioned. This edition is made more enjoyable a read, simply by its artistic binding a...(展开全部)

Regarded as the founder of Neo-Platonism, Plotinus (AD 204 70) was the last great philosopher of antiquity, producing 0works that proved in many ways a precursor to Renaissance thought. Plotinus was convinced of the existence of a state of supreme perfection and argued powerfully that it was necessary to guide the human soul towards this state. Here he outlines his compelling b...(展开全部)

Regarded as the founder of Neo-Platonism, Plotinus (AD 204 70) was the last great philosopher of antiquity, producing 0works that proved in many ways a precursor to Renaissance thought. Plotinus was convinced of the existence of a state of supreme perfection and argued powerfully that it was necessary to guide the human soul towards this state. Here he outlines his compelling b...(展开全部)