The Pit and Pendulum - A Collection of Short Stories and Writings

by Edgar Allan Poe

Overview

This book contains a fantastic collection of some of Edgar Allen Poe's best and best known short stories, including: "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Black Cat", "The Mystery of Marie Roget", "The Spectacles", "The Pit and the Pendulum", "Diddling", "The Gold-Bug", "Mesmeric Revelation", "A tale of the Ragged Mountains", "The Oblong Box", "The Baloon-Hoax", and "The Premature Burial". This volume is highly recommended for those who enjoy tales of mystery and macabre, and would make for a worthy addition to any bookshelf. Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American author, editor, poet, and critic. Most famous for his stories of mystery and horror, he was one of the first American short story writers, and is widely considered to be the inventor of the detective fiction genre. Many antiquarian books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781443774772
Publisher:	Duey Press
Publication date:	10/27/2008
Pages:	332
Sales rank:	249,593
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.74(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.