Edgar Poe was born the son of itinerant actors on January 19th 1809 in Boston Massachusets Abandoned by his father & the later death of his mother he was taken into the foster care of John Allan a Virginia tobacco farmer Now styled as Edgar Allan Poe he distinguished himself at the University of Virginia but was equally adept at collecting debts from his assiduous gambling His stepfather's disapproval shattered their fragile relationship & Poe left home to seek his fortune In 1836 he married his cousin Virginia but despite his prolific activities
- journalism poetry lecturing short stories publishing criticism & experimentation with fictional genres including the detective novel which he virtually invented with the publication of The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841)
- he received scant recognition for his efforts until the publication of The Raven in 1845 The poem's instant popularity gave him a new visibility in literary circles but his personal situation remained desperate poverty illness drink & the physical decline & ultimate death of Virginia in 1847 led to his untimely & premature decline In 1849 he was found sick injured & semi-conscious in a Baltimore tavern Taken to hospital he lingered on for four days but never recovered & on October 7th Edgar Allan Poe died at the age of 40 He was one of the most original writers in the history of American letters
- a genius who thanks to his dire reputation was tragically misunderstood during his lifetime It was not until Baudelaire enthusiastically translated his work that he found a wider audience in Europe & became not only an enormous influence on modern French literature but also on the acclaimed work of writers such as Dostoevsky Conan Doyle & Jules Verne


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Wilde's works are suffused with his aestheticism brilliant craftsmanship legendary wit & ultimately his tragic muse He wrote tender fairy stories for children employing all his grace artistry & wit of which the best-known is The Happy Prince Counterpoints to this were his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray which shocked & outraged many readers of his day & his stories for adults which exhibited his fascination with the relations between serene art & decadent life Wilde took London by storm with his plays particularly his masterpiece The Importance of Being Earnest His essays
- in particular De Profundis- & his Ballad of Reading Gaol both written after his release from prison strikingly break the bounds of his usual expressive range His other essays & poems are all included in this comprehensive collection of the works of one of the most exciting writers of the late nineteenth century
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Wilde's works are suffused with his aestheticism brilliant craftsmanship legendary wit & ultimately his tragic muse He wrote tender fairy stories for children employing all his grace artistry & wit of which the best-known is The Happy Prince Counterpoints to this were his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray which shocked & outraged many readers of his day & his stories for adults which exhibited his fascination with the relations between serene art & decadent life Wilde took London by storm with his plays particularly his masterpiece The Importance of Being Earnest His essays
- in particular De Profundis- & his Ballad of Reading Gaol both written after his release from prison strikingly break the bounds of his usual expressive range His other essays & poems are all included in this comprehensive collection of the works of one of the most exciting writers of the late nineteenth century
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Inspired by true events The Colony tells the harrowing true story of Lena & Daniel a young couple who become entangled in a Chilean cult in 1973 When Daniel is brutally abducted by the military&s secret police Lena embarks on a desperate search for her boyfriend She tracks him to Colonia Dignidad an infamous compound run by a sinister preacher with an iron fist Paul Schäfer Offering herself up as a follower Lena decides the only way she can free Daniel is to infiltrate the cult But can she herself survive Colonia s vicious regime? ...

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