Collects nine poems from nineteenth-century American poet Edgar Allen Poe with illustrations, and features "The Raven," "Annabel Lee," "Eldorado," and others.
The sphinx -- The fall of the house of Usher -- The oval portrait -- MS found in a bottle -- A descent into the maelstrom -- The tell-tale heart -- The oblong box -- The masque of the red death -- Hop-frog -- Some words with a mummy -- William Wilson -- The black cat -- The pit and the pendulum.
Includes The Tell Tale Heart, Fall of the House of Usher, Murders in the Rue Morgue, Purloined Letter, Gold Bug, Pit and the Pendulum, "Raven", "Lenore", and many more.
Five short stories by Edgar Allan Poe; The Telltale Heart, The Masque of the Red Death, The Oblong Box, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, and The Purloined Letter.
"Born in Boston in 1809 and dead at the age of forty, Poe wrote across several fields during his life and was noted for his poetry and short stories as well as his criticism. The best of each of these is collected here."--BOOK JACKET.
authoritative texts, backgrounds and contexts, criticism
Poe, Edgar Allan
2004
Presents an annotated selection of writing by Edgar Allan Poe, including poems, stories, essays, and a novel, and includes documents related to Poe's life and career, as well as fourteen critical essays.