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The Complete Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe (Volume II of II) [with Biographical Introduction]
Edgar Allan Poe
ASIN: B007Z7UUT2
Publisher: Digireads.com
Pages: 264

"TRUE! nervous, very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?" And so begins "The Tell-Tale Heart", that compressed tale of Gothic composition. The characters and images that Edgar Allan Poe has gifted us are plentiful.Hugely influential to the short story genre, Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) remains a lion of American letters. His morose explorations of human depravity render his tales exceptionally captivating. Here, in Volume II of II, is contained "A Predicament", "Mystification", "and Eleonora", among many others. Many acknowledge Poe's tales as prototypes for the later development of the horror, mystery, and science fiction genres. Poe's life is perhaps as fabled and shrouded in mystery as his stories. His cryptic death remains a source of myth. Poe was firmly established in the Gothic movement of the time and further was a father of "dark ...
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4.5 stars from 193 ratings