Ten Stranger Tales: By Edgar Allan Poe

by Edgar Allan Poe

Overview

Eldritch lovers, gothic grotesques and a homicidal jester are among the characters issued from the imagination of one of the great American tale-spinners of the nineteenth century. Horror, humor and mystery intertwine in this collection of ten of Edgar Allan Poe's more esoteric short stories.

The Stories:

"Ligeia" was originally published in the September 18, 1838 issue of American Museum. The poem "The Conqueror Worm," first published in Graham's Magazine in 1843, was added to the text of "Ligeia" in 1845.

"Berenice" was originally published in the March 1835 edition of Southern Literary Messenger..

"Morella" was originally published in the April 1835 edition of Southern Literary Messenger.

"The Assignation" was originally published as "The Visionary" in the January 1834 edition of Lady's Book.

"The Sphinx" was originally published in the January 1846 issue of Arthur's Ladies' Magazine.

"King Pest" was originally published in the September 1835 edition of Southern Literary Messenger..

"Hop-Frog" was originally published in the March 17, 1849 issue of The Flag of Our Union.

"Shadow-A Parable" was originally published in the September 1835 edition of Southern Literary Messenger.

"Silence-A Fable" was originally published as "Siope, -A Fable" in The Baltimore Book-A Christmas and New-Year's Present (Baltimore, 1838).

"The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion" was originally published in the December 1839 issue of Burton's Gentleman's Magazine.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781947587144
Publisher:	Fox Editing Classics
Publication date:	11/30/2020
Pages:	116
Product dimensions:	4.25(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.24(d)

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.