German Short Stories / English – German

Captivating Stories to Learn German & Expand Your Vocabulary the Easy Way, With the L-R Method: German – English Parallel Text – From Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe paved the way for Gothic crime fiction. Masterfully crafted, his suspenseful stories create an uncanny atmosphere that draws readers into his bizarre world. His fantastic and creepy tales render plausible the implausible. With their tendency toward the macabre and the supernatural, his stories offer an unforgettable reading experience of all shades of horror.

German Short Stories – An example for the text layout

Here’s an example of the text arrangement in the book. The translation stands next to each other, sentence by sentence. For a better orientation when reading the Kindle, every second line is highlighted in colour. The translation can be found so easily, quickly and without a dictionary.

Here’s an example of the layout for a print book.

Bonus material for ‘German Short Stories’: Edgar Allan Poe – The Fall of the House of Usher

– A download link for the audio book in German
– An Anki Deck for the most important words in German

Table of contents (German-English)

• Der Untergang des Hauses Usher – The Fall of the House of Usher
• Die Maske des roten Todes – The Masque of the Red Death
• Das Fass Amontillado – The Cask of Amontillado
• Das schwatzende Herz – The Tell-Tale Heart