The Penguin Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Author(s): Edgar Allan Poe
"The Fall of the House of Usher", "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", "The Pit and the Pendulum", and "The Gold-Bug" - some of the most famous tales of terror and the most macabre detective stories ever written. Acknowledged master of suspense, Poe was also a poet and - as his stories of mesmerism and time travel prove - a pioneer of science fiction. In this collection, probing to the depths of the human psyche, Poe's haunted genius will chill and enthral you.
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Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 49), was born in Boston, USA. He was a short-story writer, editor and literary critic, and is considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor the detective-fiction genre.
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- : Penguin Books Ltd
- : Viking
- : 1.228
- : November 2011
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : 1040
- : 813.3
- : 1
- : Hardback
- : Edgar Allan Poe