The Works of Edgar Allan Poe: in Five Volumes contains The Masque of the Red Death, The Fall of the House of Usher

by Edgar Allan Poe

Overview

EDGAR ALLAN POE... Undeniably one of the most famous and influential Gothic authors of all time, Edgar Allan Poe's dark, mystical and tragically romantic tales have been terrifying and enthralling readers for more than a hundred and fifty years. The Purloined Letter The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade A Descent into the Maelström. Von Kempelen and his Discovery Mesmeric Revelation The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar The Black Cat. The Fall of the House of Usher Silence-A Fable The Masque of the Red Death. The Cask of Amontillado. The Imp of the Perverse The Island of the Fay The Assignation The Pit and the Pendulum The Premature Burial The Domain of Arnheim Landor's Cottage William Wilson The Tell-Tale Heart. Berenice Eleonora

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781537608518
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	09/12/2016
Pages:	220
Product dimensions:	5.06(w) x 7.81(h) x 0.46(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.