{"product_id":"la-mascara-de-la-muerte-roja-y-otros-cuentos-goticos-the-mask-of-the-red-death-and-other-stories-9788491057659","title":"La Máscara de la Muerte Roja Y Otros Cuentos Góticos \/ The Mask of the Red Death and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Edgar Allan Poe\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Clasicos\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Clasicos\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLlega a nuestra colecci�n Penguin Cl�sicos G�ticos una cuidada selecci�n de los cuentos m�s fascinantes del maestro del terror Edgar Allan Poe. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEsta terror�fica selecci�n de cuentos recibe el nombre de uno de los relatos m�s referenciados y adaptados del autor: La m�scara de la muerte roja, una alegor�a sobre la inevitabilidad de la muerte. Junto a otros tan espeluznantes como El coraz�n delator o La ca�da de la casa Usher, completamos esta preciosa edici�n que ya forma parte de nuestra colecci�n Penguin Cl�sicos G�ticos. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eENGLISH DESCRIPTION\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst published in 1842, \u003ci\u003eThe Mask of the Red Death\u003c\/i\u003e by Edgar Allan Poe is an allegorical short story in the gothic horror vein. It is the 15th century. An unidentified country is infected with a contagion known as the Red Death. Half the population has succumbed to a quick, gory, and painful death. Prospero, the prince, deals with the situation by inviting a thousand of his people to revel with him in a palace designed with seven rooms located in a secluded abbey. Each of the rooms, which are arranged east to west, are decorated with a monochromatic color scheme, and lit only by a brazier in the hallway which casts light through a stained-glass window. The last room to the west is decorated in black and contains a large clock that strikes heavily on the hour with a tone that stops the musicians from playing and the dancers in their tracks. As the midnight hour approaches, a tall figure enters, wearing a funeral shroud and a mask resembling the countenance of a corpse. All are terrified; some seek to fend off the intruder, to no avail. They discover there is nothing beneath his robes and mask. And then....","brand":"Penguin Clasicos","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47593418031255,"sku":"9788491057659","price":1050.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9788491057659.webp?v=1774981807","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/la-mascara-de-la-muerte-roja-y-otros-cuentos-goticos-the-mask-of-the-red-death-and-other-stories-9788491057659","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}