The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume 1

by Edgar Allan Poe

Overview

Volume One of a new five-volume edition of Poe's works, based on the Raven edition of 1903. It includes three articles about Edgar Allan Poe and the tales 'The Unparalleled Adventures of one Hans Pfaal', 'The Gold-Bug, Four Beasts in One - the Homo-Cameleopard', 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue', 'The Mystery of Marie Rogêt', 'The Balloon-Hoax', 'Ms. Found in a Bottle' and 'The Oval Portrait'.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781849025515
Publisher:	Benediction Classics
Publication date:	01/17/2011
Pages:	236
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.69(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.