![]() ![]() Poe died of unknown causes in Baltimore in 1849. 33 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. ![]() Born Edgar Poe in Boston in 1809, he was raised in Virginia by foster parents named Allan who gave him his middle name. He was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre. About the Author Edgar Allan Poe was a poet, short-story writer, editor and literary critic. Gordon Pym, and Ligeia, which is now recognized as one of the first science-fiction stories, a total of seventy-three tales in all, plus fifty-three poems and a generous sampling of Poes essays, criticism and journalistic writings. ![]() Here are familiar favorites like The Purloined Letter, The Fall of the House of Usher, and The Murders in the Rue Morgue, together with less-known masterpieces like The Imp of the Perverse, The Narrative of A. Poes tales of the macabre still thrill readers of all ages. ![]() Some of his poems-The Raven, The Bells, Annabel Lee-remain among the most popular in American literature. Book Synopsis One of the most original American writers, Edgar Allan Poe shaped the development of both the detectvie story and the science-fiction story. The Essential Tales & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe features key works, spanning from 1827 to his death in 1849, from the famous Gothic American writer, especially. About the Book Originally published by The Modern Library in 1938-T.p. ![]()
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