ok i like aspire to be as great as Poe.
i luv his works
i write short stories all the time
most of them dealing with the macabre
and with complex symbolism
my only problem is i don't feel like my stories are LONG
enough
and i was just wondering if any one knows how short poe has written?
how long was his shortest piece?
thanks
2007-02-03 15:52:07 · 10 answers · asked by anne 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
wow!!! thanks.....i feel a whole lot better now *****not being sarcastic*****
2007-02-03 16:13:27 · update #1
As I recall, the Oval Portrait is very short -- and one of his best. I don't know which story was shortest, but here's a great site with all of his works that should lead you down the right path:
2007-02-03 16:04:03 · answer #1 · answered by artemisaodc1 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"The Oval Portrait" is an 1842 short story by Edgar Allan Poe involving the disturbing tale of a portrait in a chateau. At just over three pages, it is one of his shortest stories.
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
The story revolves around a man (the narrator for roughly two-thirds of the story) staying the night in an old manor house in the Apennines. In earlier versions of the story, it is explained that the narrator had been wounded by a bandit and has taken opium for his pain, but Poe removed this from later versions.
The most common versions begin with the narrator already wounded and holed up in the abandoned mansion, with no explanation for his wound. He spends his time admiring the works of art decorating the strangely shaped room and perusing a volume which "purported to criticize and describe" the paintings.
He eventually discovers a painting which shocks him with its extreme realism, which he refers to as "absolute life-likeliness of expression." He spends a moment ("for an hour, perhaps," the reader is told) in silent awe of it until he cannot bear to look any more, then consults the book for an explanation.
The remainder of the story is a selection from this book discussing how the painting was created —a story within a story. The book explains that the picture was painted by an eccentric artist depicting his young wife, but that he grew obsessed with the painting to the point that he neglected the woman he was painting. When he finishes the painting he is appalled at his own work, and exclaims, "This is indeed Life itself!" Then he turns to see his bride, and discovers that she has died.
2007-02-03 16:10:58 · answer #2 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The Oval Portrait" is an 1842 short story by Edgar Allan Poe involving the disturbing tale ... At just over three pages, it is one of his shortest stories.
2007-02-03 16:03:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-28 09:44:29 · answer #4 · answered by clawson 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd say the Raven,its both a poem and a story of his long lost Lenoore,Quoted the Raven"Nevermore"
2007-02-03 16:59:48 · answer #5 · answered by stygianwolfe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
his shortest story i think is the tell tale heart.
2007-02-03 15:57:11 · answer #6 · answered by street_cred_79 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What about "The Masque of the Red Death"?
2015-09-26 08:33:02 · answer #7 · answered by Trevor 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thankyou everyone for all the answers
2016-08-23 17:03:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eaither THE MONEYS PAW
or
TELL TALE HEART
2007-02-03 15:58:24 · answer #9 · answered by Bridget 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
his life
2007-02-03 15:58:00 · answer #10 · answered by iNeviTable fuTure 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋