7 best short stories: Murder

By Edgar Allan Poe, Susan Glaspell, O. Henry and 4 more

Death is one of the most important themes in literature - the fragility of human life and our own finitude have haunted authors since the early days. So what about murder? The act of taking a human life goes beyond the scope of crime and haunts our own concept of humanity. Many authors have dedicated themselves to this subject and you can check out these short stories in this volume of our collection.
This book contains: 

- The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe.
- A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell.
- The Caballero's Way by O. Henry.
- The Sheriff's Children by Charles W. Chesnut.
- Moon-face by Jack London.
- Brothers by Sherwood Anderson.
- Markheim by Robert Louis Stevenson. 
 
 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tacet Books
• Release date: Jan 7, 2020
• ISBN: 9788577776641

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe (1809–49) reigned unrivaled in his mastery of mystery during his lifetime and is now widely held to be a central figure of Romanticism and gothic horror in American literature. Born in Boston, he was orphaned at age three, was expelled from West Point for gambling, and later became a well-regarded literary critic and editor. The Raven, published in 1845, made Poe famous. He died in 1849 under what remain mysterious circumstances and is buried in Baltimore, Maryland.