Edgar Allan Poe - The Complete Short Stories

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: Bob Thomley

Length: 16 hrs and 34 mins

Publisher's summary

Here are all of Edgar Allan Poe’s great short stories in one 16-hour collection. Also includes "The Raven". Stories included are:

• "The Angel of The Odd"
• "Berenice"
• "The Black Cat"
• "The Cask of Amontillado"
• "The Maelstrom"
• "Eleanora"
• "The Facts in the Case Of M. Valdemar"
• "The House of Usher"
• "Hop Frog"
• "Imp of the Perverse"
• "Island of the Fay"
• "Ligiea"
• "Man of the Crowd"
• "Message in a Bottle"
• "The Masque of the Red Death"
• "Mesmeric Revelation"
• "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"
• "Never Be the Devil Your Head"
• "The Oval Portrait"
• "The Pit and the Pendulum"
• "The Premature Burial"
• "The Purloined Letter"
• "Silence - A Fable"
• "Some Words with a Mummy"
• "The Spectacles"
• "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Feather"
• "The Tell Tale Heart"
• "William Wilson"
• "The Raven"

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Public Domain (P)2011 Trout Lake Media

totally awesome!

great reader, great price! loved these stories kept me on the edge of my seat! classic. very well done.

Good buy for Poe fans.

I love this book because I can go back and forth between my all time favorite stories. Definitely has replay value!

Gives Juctice to Mr. Poe

What made the experience of listening to Edgar Allan Poe - The Complete Short Stories the most enjoyable?

Oh I have always loved read the works of Poe, but could never myself read them as well as Mr. Thomley. He did a superb job of reading Mr. Poe's words in a manner and style that would have made Poe proud. The collection of sbort stories and poetry was an excellant selection. If you love Edgar Allen Poe you will love listening to this collection.

What did you like best about this story?

Too many stories to answer for each one. My favorite stories are and have always been "The Telltale Heart" and "The Raven."

What does Bob Thomley bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

The male voice so well trained or equilpped to deliver Poe's words as if Poe were speaking them himself.

If you could take any character from Edgar Allan Poe - The Complete Short Stories out to dinner, who would it be and why?

Oh I would invite that beguiling raven to come to dinner and see if I could coax out any words besides "Never More."

Any additional comments?

Well worth buying. I am honored to have it in my collection!

POE me a Cup

I'm looking Forward to the next time I read the works of this unparaleled artist of description

Great stories. Decent narrator.

Amazing stories. Despite the title though this is not a complete collection of all of Edgar Allan Poe's short stories. The narration- though not uncharming - is a bit monotonous.

NEVERMORE

A HUMAN TEAPOT
First of all, my reviews are written with the blue collar reader in mind. I am a blue collar worker and I could not pretend to be otherwise. A lot of people say they love Poe, seriously? He wrote his stuff in the early 1800's and for that time I am sure it is great stuff. I find the language hard to understand, the stories take forever to get to the point and the ending is often disappointing. Here is how one of his most famous stories, (The Murders in The Rue Morgue) starts out. THE MENTAL FEATURES DISCOURSED OF AS THE ANALYTICAL, ARE, IN THEMSELVES BUT LITTLE SUSCEPTIBLE OF ANALYSIS. It goes on and on like that. If you have a lot of time, you might, like I do with Shakespeare, want to sit down and slowly read and absorb his writings. I believe you would get more out of it that way.

SUPERCILIOUS LIPS
One must also remember, that in Poe's time to write a story in which someone dies was considered scary. He had some really great ideas, that were not always followed through with. In one story he mesmerizes someone as they are dying and he actually dies, but does not die. He is kept in this state for months, but we never find out what life after death is like. The scary part is that he should be dead, but is kept in the mesmerized state for months. For 48 to 69 cents you can get these stories individually. The Tell Tale Heart is a masterpiece and is very easy to understand. I really liked The Black Cat. The System Of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether was entertaining and thought provoking. For me the 26 other stories were a waste of my time. The whole collection is cheap, but time consuming.

READ BY BOB THOMLEY
You get to hear that before each and every story, because these are sold separately. I thought Bob's performance was excellent and helped in the understanding of the written word.

Narrator mispronounced foreign words

Nothing can spoil Poe, his dark macabre stories with Gothic and often ironic aura. But there's one thing that was offputting: the narrator got French and Latin words all wrong. This is amateurish and unprofessional. Please, don't get me wrong. I'm not talking about the accent. But when I think of the way he pronounced the words 'idea' or 'sentiments' in French, it makes me cry.
All in all, Bob Thomley managed to convey Poe's mysterious and spooky mood. He has a powerful voice and a rich timbre, but should have double checked those foreign words.

Poe needs a better narrator.

I've been dying to read Edgal Allan Poe's work for some time. Before I had only read sporadically and mostly when I was in High School. The stories are great. Other reviewers have complained of the antiquated language but that didn't bother me at all. It sounds pretty modern to me. The reader on the other hand was hard to listen to. Its not that he has a bad voice but that he seems to pause in the wrong places, seems to stress the wrong things and seems, at every turn, to be reading with no practice or preparation. His reading of "The Raven" was horrendous. I would love to hear this same book read by Wayne June.

Wow.

Would you listen to Edgar Allan Poe - The Complete Short Stories again? Why?

Yes, many times

What other book might you compare Edgar Allan Poe - The Complete Short Stories to and why?

Poe was the Stephen King of his time.

What about Bob Thomley’s performance did you like?

He put much feeling into all the characters

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No but I could not stop in the middle of a story

Any additional comments?

Man what a sick mind this man had to come up with these stories.

A good value

I found this audio book to be a good value, 16 hours of narration for not much money. I am a big Poe fan. There are many of Poe's best known works and well as some I was not very familiar with. I wasn't a great fan of the narrators intonation. It seemed a little "flat" to me rather than conveying the mystery and sense of the macabre that I think would better fit Poe's work. But still all in all, well worth the expense.