Edgar Allan Poe was one of the earliest pioneers of the short story and perfected the tale of psychological horror. The entirety of Poe's body of imaginative work encompasses detective tales, satires, fables, fantasies, science fiction, verse dramas and some of the most evocative poetry in the Engli[...]
Presented in hardcover, this title has been carefully edited and reset in a modern design for greater readability. It includes an introduction, informative notes and a chronology of the writer's life and times to enable the reader to gain a deeper understanding of these enduring works.[...]
Edgar Allan Poe''s chilling poems and macabre tales have made him one of the most widely read and beloved American authors ever. Featured here are more than thirty classic tales, major poems, and the seminal novella, "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym. Among the works included: "The Pit and the Pen[...]
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With dozens of short stories and poems, including Edgar Allan Poe's most famous stories, this essential collection includes an insightful introduction, photographs of Poe, and definitive texts. It also has a full cloth sewn binding, uniform with others in this series.[...]
Poe's 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' introduced the world to its first literary detective, Le Chevalier C. Auguste Dupin, and established many literary devices used in future fictional detectives, including Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot. Beyond Rue Morgue invites its authors to continue Dupin'[...]
Edgar Poe was born the son of itinerant actors on January 19th, 1809 in Boston, Massachusets. Abandoned by his father and the later death of his mother, he was taken into the foster care of John Allan, a Virginia tobacco farmer. Now styled as Edgar Allan Poe, he distinguished himself at the Universi[...]
Edgar Allan Poe was the master of tales of mystery and the macbre, and is considered the inventor of detective fiction. This extensive collection also includes his finest poetry.[...]
Few authors' names conjure up such an air of ghoulish terror as that of Edgar Allan Poe. Although best known for his classic gothic horror tales such as "The Pit and the Pendulum", "The Fall of the House of Usher" or "The Premature Burial", he also wrote mystery thrillers like "The Murders in the Ru[...]
This collection of Poe's work contains some of the most exciting and haunting tales ever written. They range from the poetic to the mysterious and the darkly comic, yet all possess the genius of the grotesque that defines Poe's writing. The stories are so alive with compelling mysteries, vibrant ima[...]
Part of the Naxos Audiobooks "Essential" series, this CD combines some of Poe's best-loved ghost stories, plus a selection of poetry, including "The Raven" and an additional biography. This audiobook features "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", "The Pit and the Pendulum", "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Ma[...]
Poe found the germ of the story he would develop into "Arthur Gordon Pym" in 1836 in a newspaper account of the shipwreck and subsequent rescue of the two men on board. Published in 1838, this rousing sea adventure follows New England boy, Pym, who stows away on a whaling ship with its captain's son[...]