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“The Premature Burial” By Edgar Allan Poe Review

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This one is about being buried alive, which was a common fear in this period. It is also about natural fears of people, and how other individuals’ experiences can taint how we live our own lives.

To be honest it doesn’t get more Edgar Allan Poe than this short story. And I need to give this short story points for giving my huge Edgar Allan Poe vibes. 

The writing style in this short story was amazing, it truly shows how create of a writer Edgar Allan Poe was. The gothic writing style comes very forward in this one which I truly loved. 

The whole plot is amazing, because the idea if being buried alive always scared me and I sometimes thought about it. However there were some plot holes in it, but the plot holes aren’t big enough to ruin the story for most of you. 

This one isn’t scary but it is definitely very creepy because I think that everyone is afraid of being buried alive and have thought about it at some point in their life. 

If you are like me, this short story when you finish it, will leave you with a feeling of unease.

I give this short story 3 / 5

“The Statement of Randolph Carter” By HP Lovecraft Review

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This short story is about the first person testimony of the titular character, who has been found wandering through swampland in an amnesiac shock.

The whole plot of this short story was pretty good, but for me it was something missing in the plot so that’s why it didn’t get the full score in the plot category. But since you might know, I’m very picky so it isn’t anything new when I don’t give a high score to books, short stories and poems. 

The writing style was for me the best part about this short story. It was amazing and it almost felt like HP Lovecraft was in your head and knew what words to use in purpose to have you involved in the story. 

And the fact that this short story is sort of a horror drama got me involved even more in the short story. Horror drama is the only drama I’m into and the fact that this short story gives us that is amazing. 

For the most part this short story was an enjoyable read, however it had some very boring parts and there were some plot holes for me at least. 

There was some creepy moments in this one but come on, it could have been more of them to be honest. Or at least I watched too many horror movies and read too many horror books which made me immune to creepy and scary stuff. 

I give this short story 1 / 5

“The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket and Related Tales” By Edgar Allan Poe Review.

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The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket is a pivotal work in which Poe calls attention to the act of writing and to the problem of representing the truth. It is an archetypal American story of escape from domesticity tracing a young man’s rite of passage through a series of terrible brushes with death during a fateful sea voyage. Included are eight related tales which further illuminate Pym by their treatment of persistent themes–fantastic voyages, gigantic whirlpools, and premature burials–as well as its relationship to Poe’s art and life.

It is important to mention that this novel is the only novel written by Edgar Allan Poe.

This novel was sort of an odd, enjoyable and weird read. It was interesting read but it felt like it was missing something.

This story sort of sets the mood that it sort of was written by two different authors. Because the whole story is Edgar Allan Poe ghostwriting the first two parts novel and the rest is written by the so-called “Pym” himself. 

This whole novel was split into a preface and 25 chapters. Which I wasn’t a fan of.

I really had trouble with connecting with the story in this novel so that’s why I can’t really tell you what I think about it.

This novel as I said above was enjoyable but very far from interesting or okay. 

I give this novel 1 / 5

“X-ing a Paragraph” By Edgar Allan Poe Review.

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The ‘wise men’ came ‘from the East,’ and as Mr. Touch-and-go Bullet-head came from the East, it follows that Mr. Bullet-head was a wise man; and if collateral proof of the matter be needed, here we have it—Mr.

Overall this was a little funny story, which has the misused potential to be much better. However this wasn’t so funny for me as many other people on the internet claim it was. 

I personally feel like every time Edgar Allan Poe tries to be funny in a story or poem I every time hate it no matter what. 

For the most part this one was a very tongue-in-cheek story. 

To be honest here this short story felt like reading a drama on the internet when a person who have issues with someone else on the internet begins to talk vaguely about it.

The writing style here didn’t even seem like it can from Edgar Allan Poe. Which wasn’t great. 

I give this novel 1 / 5

“Von Kempelen and His Discovery” By Edgar Allan Poe Review.

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It described the discovery by a German chemist, Baron Von Kempelen, of an alchemical process to transform lead into gold. The account concluded by noting that news of the discovery had already caused a two hundred per cent leap in the price of lead in Europe.

So unfortunately this one was another boring and pretty much uninteresting story from Edgar Allan Poe.

I have really mixed feeling on this one. To me it feels like 1 star is not enough but 2 stars is too much for this one. 

The writing style is pretty much enjoyable for the most part but it does have some weak parts. 

To me this story feels like Edgar Allan Poe tries to fool a little but his readers which at least didn’t go so well with me.

For the most part this one was a scientific story about lead being turned to gold. I like the basic idea of this story but it could have been done so much better.

In this one Edgar Allan Poe also shows that he was a little bit of a jokester. Which really surprised me.

I give this novel 1 / 5

“Landor’s Cottage” By Edgar Allan Poe Review.

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Landor’s Cottage describes an idyllic house that the narrator stumbles upon on a country walk. Poe was inspired in this account by his final home, a farmhouse in New York State (now part of the Bronx) where he took up residence in 1846. The house has become a museum dedicated to Edgar Allan Poe.

So I had some expectations for this story which it didn’t live up to and it makes me sad. Because there are a lots of stories and poems from Edgar Allan Poe which I didn’t give so high rating to and I want give them a high rating but most of them doesn’t seem to me like they are good enough to give them higher rating.

The writing for the most part was the best part of this story but it could have been so much better than it was. 

Gotta say that this one is full of too long descriptions of almost everything which you can find in this story. 

This story is about nature and a quaint cottage that the narrator happens upon. I like the idea behind it but it wasn’t used as it could have been. 

I give this novel 1 / 5

“History of the Necronomicon” By H.P. Lovecraft Review

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The text tells how the Necronomicon was penned by the mad Arab Abdul Alhazred under the title Al-Azif. Alhazred died after being devoured by invisible demons in front of a terrified crowd. His work was subsequently suppressed, though survived. No original Arabic copies survive, nor any Greek translations. 

Before getting into this short story I thought that I wouldn’t like it because of the theme of this short story. But after reading it, I need to say that I loved it.

The writing style is so amazing in this one, and it screams that H.P Lovecraft wrote it and I love that. The writing style really had build the atmosphere in this one because it was so good.

The plot itself here isn’t really my type what I’ve enjoyed it enough to give it 4 stars. I wasn’t the biggest fan of the plot but I still appreciate it and found it interesting. 

For the most part this short story is nothing more than just a cute little short story with an eerie vibe in it.

I give this short story 4 / 5

“The Very Old Folk” By H.P. Lovecraft Review

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It is a recording of a dream, where the protagonist is a Roman military official in the Vascon country near Pompelo. The countryside is, every year, ravaged by terrible hill people who kidnap citizens and perform cruel rituals at a Sabbath. The narrator wishes to lead a military expedition to crush these hill folk, as a feeling of approaching evil has enveloped the countryside, due to a riot between the citizens and the hill people.

Ive heard negative things about this short story which really made my expectations ready low for this one however it was fucking good. This one is easily one of my favourite short stories from H.P Lovecraft. 

The plot here was good but not amazing. Ive truly enjoyed the plot in this one. But it could have been much better than it actually was. 

The writing style here was amazing. It really screamed H.P Lovecraft vibe, you could really feel the gothic vibe in this short story. 

In this short story H.P Lovecraft sort of flex his knowledge about the Roman ranks and history and I didn’t mind it.

This short story is also a strange one but presented to us like a dream rather than a story of an insane man.

I give this short story 4 / 5

“The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath” By H.P. Lovecraft Review

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In his dreams, Randolph Carter sees a majestic city, but is unable to approach it. After the third time the city appears in his dreams, his longing to reach the city reaches its peak. He prays to the gods of dream to reveal the city’s whereabouts, but then the city vanishes from his dreams altogether. Undaunted, Carter resolves to beseech the gods in person at Kadath, the mountain above which the gods of dream live.

So this one is another short story from H.P Lovecraft which involves a lots of talk about dreams. However this one is very, very good. 

The plot here was amazing, it was interesting, it was eerie, it had the sinister vibe to it, it was fun and so much more. I gotta say that the plot in this one was a typical H.P Lovecraft plot because there was so much to it which only few authors could handle to do and H.P Lovecraft was one of them.

The writing style was amazing. It really screamed that H.P Lovecraft have written it. You could really see the soul to H.P Lovecraft in the writing style in this short story. 

The narration of the story was amazing, it felt like Stephen King mixed with Edgar Allan Poe. And id you know me then you know that I love both of these two authors, but my favourite is definitely Stephen King.

I give this short story 4 / 5

“The Music of Erich Zann” By H.P. Lovecraft Review

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Due to lack of funds, a student studying metaphysics abroad is forced to take up lodging in a cheap apartment building on a street named the “Rue d’Auseil”. The street is not far from his university and is bordered by a river, dark warehouses and a large wall, giving the street an appearance of being on a cliff. The student cannot see what lies on the other side of the wall, as only a single window on the top floor of his building looks over it.

This one is what I’ve always expect from H.P Lovecraft. It is super interesting, its eerie, it got that sinister vibe to it and I love it.

The plot here had some plot holes here and there but it was super fun to read and it was super interesting to read. However it had few down tripes but nothing which will ruin much this story for you.

The writing style here was amazing. The writing style here really speaks for itself and really gives you the huge H.P Lovecraft vibe. 

If you never read anything from H.P Lovecraft before and you want to start the journey somewhere then ill would say that this one is one of the nest stories to start the journey with. 

I give this short story 4 / 5