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The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Published 1975.
VINTAGE BOOKS EDITION.
ISBN: 0394716787
Description:
One of the most original
American writers, Edgar Allan Poe shaped the development of both the detective
story and the science-fiction story. Some of his poems — "The Raven," "The
Bells," "Annabel Lee" — remain among the most popular in American literature.
Poe's
tales of the macabre still thrill readers of all ages. 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. 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
Poe's essays, criticism and journalistic writings.
