Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales & Poems

Edgar Allan Poe

Sep 2013 · Top Five Classics Book 13 · Top Five Books LLC

About this ebook

This Top Five Classics illustrated edition of Edgar Allan Poe’s Complete Tales & Poems features 157 works by Poe, including all of his short stories and poems.

69 Tales, including:
• The Tell-Tale Heart
• The Murders in the Rue Morgue
• The Fall of the House of Usher
• The Masque of the Red Death
• The Pit and the Pendulum
• The Purloined Letter
• The Black Cat
• Hop-Frog
• The Cask of Amontillado

74 Poems, including:
• The Raven
• The Conqueror Worm
• The Bells
• Tamerlane
• Al Aaraaf
• Lenore
• Eldorado
• Annabel Lee

In addition:
• Poe’s only complete novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym
• His incomplete novel, The Journal of Julius Rodman
• His unfinished tragedy in verse, Politian
• 11 significant essays & sketches, including “The Balloon-Hoax,” “The Rationale of Verse,” and Eureka

Also featuring:
• More than 90 large illustrations from Gustave Doré, Harry Clarke, Edmund Dulac, and others
• Annotated translations of passages in French, Latin, Greek or other foreign languages, along with Poe’s own notes
• Alphabetical, linked title index and detailed author biography

Whether you are new to Edgar Allan Poe or a student of his work, this illustrated/annotated edition is a must-have for your ebook library.

Ratings and reviews

I'm a fan of his poetry, especially the highly popular poems 'The Raven' and 'Annabel Lee'. As for the short-stories, I tend to gravitate to longer works such as epics but I enjoyed exploring his writing style. I thought he was a better poet than short-story writer. I enjoyed his dark themes concerning the mind and remembrance. His poetry tends to dive into the darker side of psychology, especially in 'The Raven' as the raven could symbolize the memories of past loved ones. He does explore other themes, such as beauty as in the poem 'To Helen'. Definitely give Poe a shot if you're a poetry fan!

The Full Collection is highly recommended, especially for those new to Poe: many folks don't know he was a man of great wit. Some of his essays are hysterically funny! It's too bad the schools only teach his more macabre works. It's worth noting too that Poe wrote the first known detective story, Murders At Rue Morgue, inspiration to Sir Arthur Canon Doyle himself! (Doyle wrote the Sherlock Holmes stories.)

Edgar Allan Poe was an american poet and writer who wrote about very dark and fictional situations. "the raven" was his most famous and widespread story , Poe was the first writer that tried to make writing his profession and make money out of it. his stories are very interesting. his writing was during the time of the american romance.

About the author

Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 1809. In 1827, he enlisted in the United States Army and his first collection of poems, Tamerlane and Other Poems, was published. In 1835, he became the editor of the Southern Literary Messenger. Over the next ten years, Poe would edit a number of literary journals including the Burton's Gentleman's Magazine and Graham's Magazine in Philadelphia and the Broadway Journal in New York City. It was during these years that he established himself as a poet, a short story writer, and an editor. His works include The Fall of the House of Usher, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Mystery of Marie Roget, A Descent into the Maelstrom, The Masque of the Red Death, and The Raven. He struggle with depression and alcoholism his entire life and died on October 7, 1849 at the age of 40.