The Best of Edgar Allan Poe: Simplified for Modern Readers

by Edgar Allan Poe, George Lakon (Editor)

Overview

�The Best of Edgar Allan Poe� are eleven of Poe�s most memorable creations including the short stories that introduced the detective and Gothic genres to the United States.
-The stories are the originals--only word order and difficult vocabulary have been updated making the language of over 150 years ago easily understood by today�s readers.
-End notes, interpretation, and discussion of major themes follow the text.
-A biography of Poe is included.
-Modern readers will better understand and appreciate one of America�s most popular and original writers.
For more short stories in easy to understand modern English search for �George Lakon.�

Product Details

BN ID:	2940149793952
Publisher:	George Lakon
Publication date:	07/13/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	409 KB

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.