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Edgar Allan Poe

Five stories by the nineteenth-century American writer best known for his tales of horror including The fall of the House of Usher, The masque of the red death, The tell-tale heart, The cask of Amontillado, and The oval portrait.

Main Author:	Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.
Other Authors:	Delbanco, Andrew, 1952-, Dubois, Gérard, 1968- (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Sterling Pub., c2006.
Series:	Stories for young people
Subjects:	Horror fiction > Juvenile. Short stories > Juvenile.

Summary:	Five stories by the nineteenth-century American writer best known for his tales of horror including The fall of the House of Usher, The masque of the red death, The tell-tale heart, The cask of Amontillado, and The oval portrait.
Physical Description:	80 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
ISBN:	9781402742330 1402742339 1402715153 9781402715150
Author Notes:	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. (Bowker Author Biography)

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