Edgar Allan Poe: Essential Tales & Poems

by Edgar Allan Poe, Harry Clarke (Illustrator), Gustave Doré (Illustrator), Edmund Dulac (Illustrator)

Overview

This Top Five Classics illustrated edition of the ESSENTIAL TALES & POEMS of Edgar Allan Poe features 75 of Poe’s greatest short stories and poems.

33 Tales, including:
• The Tell-Tale Heart
• The Murders in the Rue Morgue
• The Fall of the House of Usher
• The Masque of the Red Death
• The Pit and the Pendulum
• The Purloined Letter
• The Black Cat
• Hop-Frog
• The Cask of Amontillado

42 Poems, including:
• The Raven
• The Conqueror Worm
• The Bells
• Tamerlane
• Al Aaraaf
• Lenore
• Eldorado
• Annabel Lee

Also featuring:
• More than 85 large illustrations from Gustave Doré, Harry Clarke, and Edmund Dulac
• Annotated translations of passages in French, Latin, Greek or other foreign languages, along with Poe’s own notes
• Alphabetical title index and detailed author biography

Whether you are new to Edgar Allan Poe or a student of his work, this illustrated/annotated edition is a must-have for your ebook library.

(For a comprehensive collection of more than 150 Poe works, see Top Five Classics’ EDGAR ALLAN POE: COMPLETE TALES & POEMS.)

Product Details

BN ID:	2940148389521
Publisher:	Top Five Books
Publication date:	09/13/2013
Series:	Top Five Classics , #12
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	15 MB
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About the Author

Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was orphaned at the age of three and adopted by a wealthy Virginia family with whom he had a troubled relationship. He excelled in his studies of language and literature at school, and self-published his first book, Tamerlane and Other Poems, in 1827. In 1830, Poe embarked on a career as a writer and began contributing reviews and essays to popular periodicals. He also wrote sketches and short fiction, and in 1833 published his only completed novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. Over the next five years he established himself as a master of the short story form through the publication of "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and other well–known works. In 1841, he wrote "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," generally considered the first modern detective story. The publication of The Raven and Other Poems in 1845 brought him additional fame as a poet.