Philip Van Doren Stern (1900–1984)
Autore di The Portable Edgar Allan Poe
Sull'Autore
Fonte dell'immagine: Wikipedia
Opere di Philip Van Doren Stern
The pocket week-end book 3 copie
Evil is My Love 2 copie
The thing in the brook 1 copia
Lola: A Love Story 1 copia
The Thousand-Mile War 1 copia
Opere correlate
La capanna dello zio Tom (1852) — A cura di, alcune edizioni; Introduzione, alcune edizioni — 16,991 copie
No, But I Saw the Movie: The Best Short Stories Ever Made Into Film (1960) — Collaboratore — 75 copie
The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries (1936) — Introduzione, alcune edizioni — 67 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Stern, Philip Van Doren
- Data di nascita
- 1900-09-10
- Data di morte
- 1984-01-29
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Wyalusing, Pennsylvania, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Sarasota, Florida, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Wyalusing, Pennsylvania, USA
Brooklyn, New York, USA
New Jersey, USA - Istruzione
- Rutgers University
- Attività lavorative
- historian
novelist
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 50
- Opere correlate
- 10
- Utenti
- 2,429
- Popolarità
- #10,565
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 33
- ISBN
- 72
- Lingue
- 6
I can't remember where I read it, but I really enjoyed the Tell-Tale Heart so I thought I would enjoy the rest of his stories, as well, but I was so very wrong. I'm not saying they are bad, not at all, but they just aren't for me. To me, these tales were very... dull and drawn out. Most of it went over my head and I found myself zoning out and having to reread several paragraphs multiple times before the words would take.
The strangest part is that this book felt almost supernatural. No matter how many pages I read, it never seemed to get shorter and it felt like it took ages to finish it. But maybe that's just because it was such a struggle to force myself to finish it, I don't know. It just felt like no matter how many pages I turned, it took longer than it should to reach the end.… (altro)