Greatest Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Including The Raven, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Murders in the Rue Morgue and more (Grapevine Edition)

by Edgar Allan Poe

Overview

The Greatest Works of Edgar Allan Poe is part of the Timeless Classics series and comprises every known story penned by the legendary gothic American writer. Poe's name conjures up ideas of murderers and insane people, as well as premature funerals and enigmatic women who come back from the dead. Since 1827, his works have been in print. He is credited with inventing the contemporary detective narrative and pioneering the science fiction genre, but he made his fortune as America's first major literary critic and philosopher. Poe's reputation now is built mostly on his terrifying stories and eerie lyric poetry.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789356613003
Publisher:	Cby Press
Publication date:	04/01/2025
Pages:	202
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.63(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.