Selected Tales by Edgar Allan Poe Audiobook (Unabridged)

" Jorge bought this for me my first birthday I had after meeting him. It's the most beautiful leather bound book ever. Poe was my first favorite author. I love his poetry and stories. I get butterflies remembering all of his tales. "

" Spanish. This particular edition is beautiful, the cover and the paper. I read it very young and I particularly remember liking the order of the stories. "

" Many of the stories in this collection tend towards the monotonous and dull. There are the odd one or two which are engaging but overall the writing comes across as laboured and grinding. A great little dust collector, this one. "

" This author had an interesting/eerie mind. "

" I tried to read this and then gave up. I didn't find the stories compelling, and sometimes I found them downright confusing. "

" Finally! I'm finally done with this book! Mr. Poe, you really can be quite insufferable at times. Way too descriptive writing to the point it felt he was just throwing filler fodder at us to increase the page numbers. Abrupt endings all around, tiring soliloquies... I was reading the Spanish version (not the best translation ever, to be honest), so perhaps the reading experience would have been much more enjoyable if I had the text's original version. Maybe I just don't get Poe, maybe it's the generational gap or something, I don't know. "

" Probably the first "adult" book I ever read - think it's the only work of fiction my dad had in the house. It wasn't this cover, but I got this edition more recently. Definitely shaped my reading tastes "

" to this day scares me. "

" This remains one of the most horrific collection of tales ever - and the creepy illustration on the front of a skeleton with glowing red eyes and a black hood definitely helps the ambiance. Great illustrations in the book as well. "

" No soy bueno para reviews, pero altamente recomendado, les dara miedo de verdad "

" I love the darkness of Poe's short stories and poems. "

" Poe was a true artist of words. His chilling tales will not only send your spine tingling, but also intrigue and astound you. "

" A classic, worth a read if you like spooky stories!!!!! "

" One can never read enough Poe. :) "

" Some good stuff in there; mostly a lot of second-rate stuff (in my opinion). I learned from reading this book that I don't much care for Poe. More power to those who do. "

" This is all the best of Poe! "

" They are very astmospheric, moody stories. A fun read if you don't linger in that place. "

" This is probably the most boring book I ever tried to read. After three attempts in the time period of ten years I finally give up. "

" Poe is so macabre. And brilliant. The illustrations in this are very vibrant. They kind of feel like an assault on my eyes. Not my cup of tea, but they fit Poe's work really well, I think. "

" Poe is a weirdo! Everyone knows that. But he also really loves a good puzzle. (He reminds me of M. Night Shyamalan in that way. Did Poe believe in reincarnation?) So if you want some good puzzles and a great deal of morbid weirdness, give it a shot. "

" It doesn't get any better than this, folks. Edgar Allan Poe is the unchallenged master of horror and what got me into reading books. His short stories always deliver and are imbued with a unique horror aura. The stuff of legends, ladies and gentlemens. "

" Magnificos cuentos! "

" Poe was a HUGE influence in my writing short fiction. His tales are brilliant and psychologically chilling. "