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The complete tales of mystery and imagination ; The narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym ; The raven and other poems

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Pit and the pendulum -- William Wilson -- Fall of the House of Usher -- Tale of the Ragged Mountains -- Murders in the Rue Morgue -- Domain of Arnheim -- Cask of Amontillado -- Landor's Cottage -- Gold Bug -- Island of the Fay -- Ligeia -- Eleonora -- Berenice -- Morella --Facts in the case of M. Va...

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Main Author: Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: London : Octopus Books, 1981.
Series:Treasury of world masterpieces.
Subjects:
Detective and mystery stories, American.
Fantasy poetry, American.
Horror tales, American.
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Summary:Pit and the pendulum -- William Wilson -- Fall of the House of Usher -- Tale of the Ragged Mountains -- Murders in the Rue Morgue -- Domain of Arnheim -- Cask of Amontillado -- Landor's Cottage -- Gold Bug -- Island of the Fay -- Ligeia -- Eleonora -- Berenice -- Morella --Facts in the case of M. Valdemar -- Man of the crowd --MS. found in a bottle -- Shadow - a parable -- Silence -a fable -- Black cat -- Tell-tale heart -- Colloquy of monos and una -- Conversation of Eiros and Charmion --Oblong box -- Assignation -- King pest -- Oval portrait -- Descent into the maelstrom -- Purloined letter --Metzengerstein -- Hop-frog -- Duc de L'Omelette --Premature burial -- Adventure of One Hans Pfaall --Mellonta Tauta -- Belloon-Hoax -- Thousand and second tale --I.
Item Description:"Complete & unabridged"--Cover.
Physical Description:782 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
ISBN:0706415523
9780706415520
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.

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