Edgar Allan Poe
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Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2015
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Description
This collection of sixteen short stories includes some of Edgar Allan Poe's most boundary-pushing and blood-chilling work. Selections range from "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," which launched the detective mystery genre, to "The Tell-Tale Heart," a Gothic classic about a murderer's overwhelming guilt. Discover tales of creatures that return from the dead, ghastly diseases that claim their victims within half an hour, and secret messages that lead...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Pub. Date
1999
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Rum, a sailing ship, and a dare… …What could go wrong? Edgar Allan Poe's only complete novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket is one of the first adventure stories set in and around the Antarctic, which at the time was a place of mystery and the unknown. Pym takes us on an adventure across the seas to uncharted southern lands that are fraught with danger. With shipwrecks, murder, mutiny, and, yes, cannibalism, this tale has it...
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Description
Thirteen classic tales of horror from: Edgar Allan Poe, F. Marion Crawford, Guy de Maupassant, Thomas Hardy, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, H. G. Wells, M. R. James, Algernon Blackwood, William Hope Hodgson, Clark Ashton Smith, E. F. Benson, A. Merritt, and H. P. Lovecraft. --Amazon.
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Duke Classics
Description
Dig into the mysteries of the mind and the material world in this captivating essay from master of suspense Edgar Allan Poe. Written in a lyrical literary style, this meditation provides many details about Poe's unique view of the universe, including the rational faculties of the human mind and the existence of an afterlife. Fans of Poe's fiction and philosophy buffs alike will enjoy this essay, which critics regard as Poe's last major work.
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Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2010
Description
The name Edgar Allan Poe conjures up thoughts of hearts beating long after their owners are dead, of disease and plague amid wealth, and of love that extends beyond the grave. The richness of Poe's writing, however, includes much more than horror, loss, and death.
Poe's stories teem with irony and black humor, in addition to plot twists and surprise endings. Living by their own rules and charged with passion, Poe's characters are instantly...
Poe's stories teem with irony and black humor, in addition to plot twists and surprise endings. Living by their own rules and charged with passion, Poe's characters are instantly...
Author
Publisher
Octopus
Pub. Date
1986
Description
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Yet I am not more sure that my soul lives, than I am that perverseness is one of the primitive impulses of the human heart - one of the indivisible primary faculties, or sentiments, which gives direction to the character of Man.' Including Poe's most terrifying, grotesque and haunting short stories, Tales of Mystery and Imagination is the ultimate collection of the...
Author
Publisher
Barnes & Noble
Pub. Date
2007
Description
Part of the Timeless Classics series, The Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe contains every know tale written by the famous gothic American writer. His often macabre and dark works, which span the years from 1827 to his death in 1849, include "The Raven," "The Black Cat," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and "Annabelle Lee."
For Poe fans worldwide, this elegant collector's edition includes over 70 of Poe's short stories, more than 40 melodious poems,...
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Series
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
1995
Description
Five stories engagingly reveal Poe₂s virtuoso gifts for both crime detection and the macabre. Two of his most famous tales, "The Mystery of Marie Roget" and "The Purloined Letter" introduce C. Auguste Dupin, the first fictional detective. "William Wilson" is a chilling tale of crime and evil. Also included: two tales of terror: "MS. Found in a Bottle" and "The Oblong Box."
17) Edgar Allan Poe
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Series
Publisher
Sterling Pub. Co
Pub. Date
1995
Description
A collection of thirteen poems and eight prose selections from larger works.
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Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 2
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A sweet little cat drives a man to insanity and murder. The grim death known as the plague roams a masquerade ball dressed in red. A dwarf seeks his final revenge on his captors. A sister calls to her beloved twin from beyond the grave. Prepare yourself. You are about to enter a world where you will be shocked, terrified, and, though you'll be too scared to admit it at first, secretly thrilled. Here are four tales -- The Black Cat, The Masque of the...