My Christmas

Tales of Mystery and Imagination

The book I read this Christmas is Tales of Mystery and Imagination, by Edgar Allan Poe.

Allan Poe is a famous American writer. He was born in 1809 in Boston, and died in 1849. He was orphan so his childhood was sad.
He was a master of the short story (tales) and some people consider him the inventor of the crime fiction.
His most important works are: the Spectacles, Berenice, the Obong Box, etc.
A writter similar to Edgar Allan is Agatha Christie, that also writted crime stories.

This book contains five tales: William Wilson, the Gold Bug, the Fall of the House of Usher, the Red Death and the Cask of Amontillado, but I'm just going to talk about one.

Usher was a friend of mine since a long time ago, but I hadn't seem him for a very long time. Once then, I found that my friend had really changed; he was as white as milk, his eyes were really big and his lips dark and thin.He said he had a illness of his family that make your senses go sharp, and when you see, smell, taste, touch or hear something in a strong wat, you may go mad. We were talking in a room when his sister walked across it without realising we were in. "She cares nomore about she is dead or alive" he said, "you probably won't see her alive anymore".
One day Usher told me that his sister wasn't in our world anymore. I wanted to burry her, but he said he didn't want to burry her yet, just to be sure of his death. 3 days after her "death",her body opened the door and fell on the floor. My friend died from the shock, so I came home, and ever came back to that house.

Personal Opinion: I think it's a nice book, but it's a little bit macabre in my opinion. It is very interesting but scary. I like this writter because he was imaginative and creative, and so are his books. The tales I liked the most of this book are the Gold Bug and the Fall of the House of Usher.

Bibliography: Wikipedia
                         Google Images
                         Edgar Allan Poe Biography
                         Poe Museum
                         Agatha Christie's Official WebPage