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POE EDGAR ALLAN SHORT STORIES OF EDGAR ALLAN PO...

Twenty-five spine-tingling tales and poems from the preeminent writer of American gothic
fiction  Edgar Allan Poe  now available in a Harper Perennial Olive Edition. Of all the
American masters  Edgar Allan Poe staked out perhaps the most unique and vivid reputation  as a
master of the macabre. Even today  in the age of horror movies and high-tech haunted houses 
Poe is the first choice of entertainment for many who want a spine-chilling thrill. Of all the
preeminent 19 th century American writers  Edgar Allan Poe staked out the most vivid reputation
as a master of the macabre. Poe remains the first choice of entertainment for many who want a
spine-chilling thrill. A prolific writer of poetry and criticism in addition to fiction  Poe
was known not only for the eerie beauty of his prose but his formidable satire. He is revered
as one of the foremost American gothic stylists. The best of Poe’s short fiction is collected
here  including the timeless masterpieces “The Tell-Tale Heart ” “The Pit and the Pendulum ”
and “The Masque of the Red Death.” The collection includes the following: Tales Berenice
Shadow—A Parable Silence—A Fable The Fall of the House of Usher William Wilson The Man of the
Crowd The Murders in the Rue Morgue A Descent Into the Maelstrom The Colloquy of Monos and Una
Never Bet the Devil Your Head. A Tale with a Moral The Oval Portrait The Masque of the Red
Death The Pit and the Pendulum The Tell-Tale Heart The Black Cat A Tale of Ragged Mountains The
Premature Burial The Purloined Letter Some Words with a Mummy The Imp of the Perverse The Cask
of Amontillado Poems Spirits of the Dead Lenore The Raven Ulalume—A Ballad Annabel Lee

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