"I say, Phil, I can do that." "Do what, Teddy?" "A cartwheel in the air like that fellow is doing in the picture on the billboard there." "Oh, pshaw! You only think you can. Besides, that's not a cartwheel; that's a double somersault. It's a real stunt, let me tell you. Why, I can do a cartwheel myself. But up in the air like that--well, I don't know. I guess not. I'd be willing to try i…
He seemed always to be laughing; and he entered into the sports of the children with the same hearty good fellowship he displayed toward those pastimes in which the men and women of his own age indulged; or he would sit for an hour at a time entertaining my old grandmother with stories of his strange, wild life in all parts of the world. We all loved him, and our slaves fairly worshipped t…
I had this story from one who had no business to tell it to me, or to any other. I may credit the seductive influence of an old vintage upon the narrator for the beginning of it, and my own skeptical incredulity during the days that followed for the balance of the strange tale. When my convivial host discovered that he had told me so much, and that I was prone to doubtfulness, his foolish prid…
Kisah-Kisah Tengah Malam berisi 13 cerita pendek karya klasik Edgar Allan Poe. Masing-masing cerita akan membawa pembaca menuju pengalaman penuh ketegangan, teror, dan misteri. Beberapa cerpen Edgar Allan Poe yang terkenal, seperti Black Cat, The Fall of the Usher, dan Tell-Tale Heart bisa kalian temukan dalam kumpulan cerpen ini. Saat membaca Kisah-Kisah Tengah Malam, pembaca diajak memasuk…