
Edgar Allan Poe - The Complete Works Collection
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Narrated by:
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Philippe Duquenoy
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By:
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Edgar Allan Poe
Chapter titles have been updated to reflect the name of each poem/story as of March 2022.
Edgar Allan Poe was one of the most prolific authors of his time, eventually gaining recognition for his tales of horror and his uncanny ability to paint a macabre picture with words.
The Complete Works Collection of Edgar Allan Poe contains over 150 stories and poems, separated into individual chapters, including all of Poe's most notorious works such as The Raven, Annabel Lee, A Dream Within a Dream, Lenore, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Unparalleled Adventures of One Hans Pfaal, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, and many more.
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Forced Narration.
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hate the voice
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Boring and overrated
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Good but need titles for the chapters and stories
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In terms of the performance, I have listened to some other things narrated by Mr. Duquenoy, and he has some pros and cons. He does very well in general with pronunciation of some of the dated and obscure words Poe uses with some frequency, and does admirably in reading the many excerpts Poe includes in other languages including Latin, French, Spanish, German, and Italian. His intonation keeps the reader interested in some of the works that can otherwise get a bit dry or laborious with Poe’s complex writing style.
That said, I find his phrasing to be awkward on many occasions, putting stress or rising/falling intonation in unnatural (to my ear) places in the text such that it sometimes distracts from the work. In the prose works, I generally find his pros to outweigh his cons, but I find his readings of the poems difficult to enjoy because his phrasing feels so unnatural or forced. As some other reviewers have said, it does come across sometimes as if being read by a computer voice. I did notice a few words he pronounced incorrectly and one example of a word order mistake, but in general it seemed pretty solid in terms of accuracy. The narrator also reads with a British accent which I find to be a strange choice for an American poet.
In terms of the works themselves, they really span the gamut of format, with both long and short, numerous and serious, satirical and straightforward examples abounding. Poe can tend to unnecessary complexity and lack of brevity that can grow a bit tiresome in some works, to the point of getting in the way of the story, but on the whole feels more like a consequence of the age of the works than a defect of the writer per se. There are definitely outdated ideas of science, race (including some terms, concepts, and stereotypes that are objectionable to modern readers), and society that have to be read with an understanding of the period in which the work was written.
In general I don’t regret the 40 hours or so I spent listening to this and for those like me who like to listen to the greats, this is a decent choice!
A good addition to the library
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