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In The Oval Portrait, Edgar Allan Poe weaves a haunting tale of obsession, art, and tragedy. A wounded traveler takes refuge in an abandoned mansion, where she becomes mesmerized by a lifelike portrait of a beautiful woman. As she delves deeper into the painting’s mysterious origins, the disturbing and supernatural truth behind the portrait begins to unravel. Poe's gothic storytelling masterfully blurs the line between reality and the supernatural in this chilling short story.

"The Oval Portrait" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe involving the disturbing circumstances surrounding a portrait in a chateau. It is one of his shortest stories, filling only two pages in its initial publication in 1842. The tale begins with an injured narrator (the story offers no further explanation of his or her impairment) seeking refuge in an abandoned mansion in the Apennines. The narrator spends his or her time admiring the paintings that decorate the strangely shaped room and perusing a volume, found upon a pillow, that describes them.

To his shock, a man discovers the painting of a woman is much, much more than life-like.

The Oval Portrait is a short horror story written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1842. Our protagonist takes refuge in an abandoned castle and discovers a room with a series of paintings accompanied by a small book describing them. His attention is attracted by an oval portrait depicting a young woman of rare beauty.

Flash fiction from the master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe. A wounded gentleman, with his valet, breaks into an abandoned chateau in the Appennine mountains. The walls of the bedroom in which they situate themselves are decorated entirely with paintings. The gentleman's eyes fall upon a portrait of a young girl. He reads in an accompanying book the story of the portrait's creation and the fate of the subject caused by the artist's obsession with representing the girl with lifelike perfection.

A mysterious and life-like portrait of a beautiful young woman holds a terrifying and tragic secret.

nos cuenta la historia de un hombre herido y su sirviente, que se adentran a un castillo recientemente abandonado, en el que se encuentran varias pinturas, una en particular llama la atención del relator.

El retrato oval es un relato corto escrito por el escritor norteamericano Edgar Allan Poe. Se escribió en el año 1842 y su título originariamente fue La vida en la Muerte. Este texto, que puede ubicarse en la serie dedicada a las musas muertas, se destaca por la sutil condensación de los motivos: una reflexión sobre el arte, una reflexión sobre el amor y la visión alucinada de un objeto mágico. Se ha dicho que el retrato del cuento remite a un retrato en miniatura de su madre que Poe conservó siempre consigo.

L'opera narra la vicenda del protagonista, che si rifugia in un castello abbandonato e scopre in una stanza una serie di quadri e un esiguo libro che li descrive. La sua attenzione è attratta da un ritratto di forma ovale che raffigura una giovane donna di rara bellezza. Sul volumetto legge che la fanciulla, innamoratasi del pittore, lo sposò, ma presto si rese conto che costui era già "sposato" alla sua arte, che divenne per la giovane una rivale da odiare...Il ritratto ovale è un audiolibro della collana LibriVivi Palco.

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Immerse yourself. Savor the best storytelling from the greatest authors of the supernatural. The haunting language and brilliant rendition create an extraordinary atmosphere.