Luis Scafati Bücher

V povídkách tohoto výběru se čtenář setkává s jinou, temnější realitou, rozum se střetává s nepravděpodobností a objevuje se nadpřirozeno. Poe je právem považován za průkopníka hororových příběhů, který svými texty ovlivnil generace spisovatelů a pro mnohé z čtenářů dodnes zůstává nepřekonaným. Originální ilustrace známého argentinského umělce Luise Scafatiho výjimečným způsobem dotvářejí atmosféru Poeových příběhů... Obsahuje povídky: • Černý kocour (The Black Cat) • Jáma a kyvadlo (The Pit and the Pendulum) • Předčasný pohřeb (The Premature Burial)

Described by Nobel laureate Elias Canetti as, "one of the few great and perfect works of the poetic imagination," this short fable about a man who wakes up one morning transformed into a giant insect is deeply funny in its tragedy and heartbreaking in its humor.

London lawyer Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania at the request of Count Dracula, who has purchased a house in London and wishes to finalize the transaction through his solicitor. During his journey, Harker encounters strange occurrences, including a local woman who gives him a rosary for protection. Upon arriving in Bistritz, he takes a coach and is picked up by a driver at Borgo Pass, who takes him to the Count's residence. The initial days are calm, but Harker is instructed not to enter certain rooms, a request he promises to honor. He soon notices that the Count has no reflection and exhibits a ravenous expression at the sight of blood when Harker accidentally cuts himself while shaving. The Count's unsettling appearance, with long white teeth and strikingly red lips, fills Harker with dread, leading him to fear for his life. The Count compels him to send seemingly innocuous letters to his fiancée and employer, while offering Harker a chance to escape, though he is too terrified to pass by the wolves under the Count's control.

Little Red Riding Hood is the orally transmitted fairy tale that has best survived the passage of time, as evidenced by the multiple versions of this story that have been made through the centuries. It has many readings, but above all it is a story for young people that, in some way, symbolizes the transition from childhood to adolescence. This edition brings together the three main versions of the story: In 1697 Charles Perrault was the first to include the story of Little Red Riding Hood in a volume of stories. He wrote a moralizing fable intended to warn the "ladies" of the court about the dangers of "certain men", disguised as wolves. In 1812 Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm took up the tale and their version is the best known today. Finally we publish a rarity, the dramatic and verse version that the great German writer Ludwig Tieck wrote in 1800.