François finished reading The Mystery of Marie Roget by Edgar Allan Poe
Nice little mystery, but again, not really his best. Dupin makes a come back, but this feels like a rushed job...
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Retired linguist/law/IT. Avid reader in all languages (see polyglot.city/@FrankauLux/ ), both paper and ebooks. Mostly fictions these days.
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François started reading The Mystery of Marie Roget by Edgar Allan Poe
François finished reading Eleonora by Edgar Allan Poe
"Eleonora" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1842 in Philadelphia …
Not really my favorite Poe - can easily skip without missing too much - very short story
François started reading Eleonora by Edgar Allan Poe
Eleonora by Edgar Allan Poe
"Eleonora" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1842 in Philadelphia in the literary annual The …
François finished reading The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe
"The Masque of the Red Death" (originally published as "The Mask of the Red Death: …
short story, well in the expected Poe style -nice
François started reading The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe
The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe
"The Masque of the Red Death" (originally published as "The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy") is a short …
François finished reading Lying for Money by Dan Davies
A field guide to fraud and the mechanisms by which it operates in economic systems.
Extremely interesting book, examining most scams since the 19th century and tryig to extract rules to spot and prevent them. All big recent scams are there, t---p, maddof, blood analysis and paios bonds. definitely worth a read.
Extremely interesting book, examining most scams since the 19th century and tryig to extract rules to spot and prevent them. All big recent scams are there, t---p, maddof, blood analysis and paios bonds. definitely worth a read.
François started reading Lying for Money by Dan Davies
Lying for Money by Dan Davies
A field guide to fraud and the mechanisms by which it operates in economic systems.
François finished reading Philosophie de l'ameublement by Edgar Allan Poe
Encore une histoire courte qui ne m'a pas plu du tout. Poe a été très prolixe, et il faut séparer le bon grain de l'ivraie...
Encore une histoire courte qui ne m'a pas plu du tout. Poe a été très prolixe, et il faut séparer le bon grain de l'ivraie...
François started reading Philosophie de l'ameublement by Edgar Allan Poe
François finished reading Silence by Edgar Allan Poe
Histoire très courte et intéressante, mais avec un certain manque de finition et de "poli".
Histoire très courte et intéressante, mais avec un certain manque de finition et de "poli".
François started reading Silence by Edgar Allan Poe
François finished reading The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe (Signet Classics)
This Signet Classic edition contains Poe's macabre stories of men and women caught up by …
Not bad, but not his best either. Quite short.
François started reading The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe (Signet Classics)
The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe (Signet Classics)
This Signet Classic edition contains Poe's macabre stories of men and women caught up by mysterious or supematural forces. FOURTEEN …
François finished reading Quatre Bêtes en Une by Edgar Poe
Unde de ces petites histoires de Poe qui pour moi sont loin d'être les meilleures. A oublier vite fait (heureusement elle est courte)
Unde de ces petites histoires de Poe qui pour moi sont loin d'être les meilleures. A oublier vite fait (heureusement elle est courte)