Edgar Allan Poe

The American Experience Edgar Allan Poe

Publisher Marketing: Ten classic stories from authors who have masterfully captured the American experience. Irving's incredible and amusing tale of the archetypal "Rip Van Winkle" relates the story of a man who slept through history. Stephen Crane's "The Red Badge of Courage" tells of a young soldier who must struggle with his conscience no matter what the consequences. "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is Mark Twain's hilarious story of a contest to end all contests in the rowdy days of the Forty-Niners. Edgar Allan Poe's "The Man of the Crowd" tells of one man's strange fascination with another. "The Ransom of Red Chief" is O. Henry's tale of a kidnapping that goes horribly, horribly, wrong. "Miss Tempy's Watchers" by Sarah Orne Jewett speaks of the power of friendship. Kate Chopin's lovely "Desiree's Baby" tells the poignant story of one woman's search for her past. Jack London's acclaimed "The Call of the Wild" is a thrilling adventure of nature and survival. Edith Wharton pens a chilling ghost story in the atmospheric "The Eyes." And "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" is F. Scott Fitzgerald's wry and amusing tale of a young lady's struggle for social success. Contributor Bio:  Poe, Edgar Allan Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) wrote tales of the macabre, and invented or contributed to inventing the detective and science fiction genres. Contributor Bio:  Wharton, Edith Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer and designer Edith Wharton (1862-1937) is the author of The House of Mirth, The Age of Innocence, Ethan Frome, The Decoration of Houses, and many other books. Contributor Bio:  Fitzgerald, F Scott F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896 1941) was one of the literary titans of the 20th century. A member of the Lost Generation of the 1920s, Fitzgerald s writings best captured what he termed The Jazz Age, a period of declining traditional American values, prohibition and speakeasies, and great leaps in modernist trends. Contributor Bio:  Vafiadis, George George Vafiadis gives a warm and spiritual reading of these wonderful stories. This effort has made the InAudio Bible one of the best ever: it was awarded AUDIO BEST OF THE YEAR by Publishers Weekly. George 's career as an actor and director of Shakespeare and Greek Classics spans over three decades. Contributor Bio:  Cosham, Ralph Ralph Cosham is best known as the voice behind all of Louise Penny's bestselling Chief Inspector Gamache novels. He won the 2013 Audie Award for Louise Penny's "A Beautiful Mystery". He is a film, stage, and voice actor who narrated over 100 audiobooks, including "Frankenstein", "Around the World in Eighty Days", "Alice in Wonderland", and "Watership Down". His audiobook credits include works by C. S. Lewis, Simon Brett and C. S. Forester. Several of his works have been awarded Audio Best of the Year by "Publisher's Weekly". Contributor Bio:  Pratt, Sean Sean Pratt (AEA/SAG/AFTRA) has been a working professional actor for twenty-five years. He has been an audiobook narrator for seventeen years, has recorded over 700 books in almost every genre, and has received eight "AudioFile" magazine Earphones Awards and four Audie Award nominations from the Audio Publishers Association.