Detective novels The Murder in Mog Street, The Theft of Letters, The Mystery of Mary Rogge and Scarab.
There are four detective novels by Poe, and the image of amateur detective Du Bin is shaped here. In a sense, Dobbin is the embodiment of Poe's self-ideal. He was born in a noble family, smart, well-read, imaginative, observant, fond of dark nights and thinking. Even during the day, he would draw curtains, light candles and be thoughtful. In the process of solving cases, he has the style of strategizing and grasping the overall situation, which seems unpredictable. At the same time, a narrator admires Du Bin. In contrast, they are slightly clumsy friends. They became close friends because of their unique personalities. In addition, there is a dedicated but slightly dull police officer. The narrative mode of novels is generally to tell the story of the case first, and then to tell the story of the investigation. Finally, the detective tells the mystery himself, telling the story step by step, and the reasoning is exquisite and amazing. This model was imitated by later writers and became the stereotype that detectives wanted to say, which had a great influence on later writers, such as Sir Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, which not only used this model, but also was quite similar in character setting. Durbin-Sherlock Holmes, Durbin's friend-Dr. Watson (the narrator of the incident), also has an unsolvable case. Compared with Sherlock Holmes, I prefer Dobbin. His logic is more meticulous, his theme is more attractive, and there will be a long discussion in the article, from which we can appreciate the sharpness of the author's thinking.
Science fiction "Escape from the Bottom of the Vortex" and "Manuscript in a Bottle"
These two novels have great influence on later science fiction and modern film shooting theory.
Manuscript in a Bottle describes a person's experiences at sea, storms, shipwrecks and ghost ships. There is no strong incident conflict, just the author's description of the scene is enough to make people feel amazing, especially the two appearances of Tianhong and Ghost Ship. The descriptions of these scenes are strange and mysterious. Here is hardly a complete story, but an anonymous narrative, but it gives people a sense of fear. Sometimes I can't help but want to get into the book and understand the ins and outs of the story.
Edgar Allan Poe's novels have distinctive Gothic color, strangeness and absurdity, and special horror charm.
The two novels, The Leaking Heart and The Black Cat, can be said to be modern criminal psychological novels. Describing the criminal process and criminal psychology with the eyes of psychopathic characters shows a morbid world. The world may be right or wrong, and we don't know, but we can feel the psychological trembling and confusion of the characters, thus producing a sense of terror. In this world, it seems that everything is out of order. We just follow the consciousness, there is no right, no reason, no truth.