Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

Jun 2007 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

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The melancholy, brilliance, passionate lyricism, and torment of Edgar Allen Poe are all well represented in this collection. Here, in one volume, are his masterpieces of mystery, terror, humor, and adventure, including stories such as The Tell-Tale Heart, The Cask of Amontillado, The Black Cat, The Masque of the Red Death, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, and The Pit and the Pendulum, and his finest lyric and narrative poetry—The Raven and Annabel Lee, to name just a few—that defined American romanticism and secured Poe as one of the most enduring literary voices of the nineteenth century.

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Ratings and reviews

I STREAM THOUGHTS OF UNSUSPECTING EVIL. A PAGE MORE AND I AM SUNNY JIM CONTEMPLATING MY GOOD FORGIVENESS OF THE LAST SINCERELY TERRIBLE MONSTROSITY OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT...THE PREMATURE BURIAL BY POE IS A HORRIFIC TALE. OPT FOR CREMATION. GET A REAL SAMPLE OF THE FIRES OF HELL WHERE YOU COULD VERY WELL WAKE UP. IN THE MOONLIGHT THE GREEN MARBLE BURIAL URN ON THE MANTLE IS BY ITSELF ALL AGLOW. MY LAST HORROR TALE: DEATH ON A LUXURY PRIVATE SPIDER JET... IN THE DISTANT MIDWEST GRAVES WERE DISCOVERED BENEATH THE SCATTERED OAK AND BIRCH LEAVES OF THREE QUARTERS OF A CENTURY. SOME WHITISH BLOOMS WERE BLOWN THERE BY THE AUGUST WIND AS IF TO DENOTE PURITY OF INTENTION. RED LILIES HAD SPRUNG UP IN THE CENTER OF THIS WILD AND FORLORN PLACE AS IF TO DENOTE A BOUQUET OF BEAUTIFUL HEARTS AND SOULS THAT THE GREAT MANITOU HAS EVER SINCE PROTECTED AGAINST VIOLENCE AND EXTREME DISTRESS. NOW I TOO SHALL BEND A KNEE IN SILENCE AND REVERENCE OF INDIGENOUS POPULULATIONS FROM JAMES MICHAEL CHAPESKIE

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About the author

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American writer, poet, and critic. Best known for his macabre prose work, including the short story “The Tell-Tale Heart,” his writing has influenced literature in the United States and around the world.