Edgar Allan Poe: Classic Stories (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions)

by Edgar Allan Poe

Overview

Edgar Allan Poe was a master of the tale of psychological horror and the author of what is considered the first modern detective story. Edgar Allan Poe: Classic Stories features more than twenty of Poe’s groundbreaking tales of the macabre, among them “The Tell-Tale Heart,” “The Masque of the Red Death,” “The Black Cat,” and “The Fall of the House of Usher.” It also includes his trilogy of stories featuring detective C. Auguste Dupin: “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” “The Mystery of Marie Rôget,” and “The Purloiined Letter.”
 
Edgar Allan Poe: Classic Stories is one of Barnes & Noble's Collectible Editions classics. Each volume features authoritative texts by the world's greatest authors in an exquisitely designed foil-stamped binding, with distinctive colored edging and an attractive ribbon bookmark. Decorative, durable, and collectible, these books offer hours of pleasure to readers young and old and are an indispensable cornerstone for any home library.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781435166196
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	04/27/2018
Series:	Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	360
Sales rank:	282,586
File size:	1 MB

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.