The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions)

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Edgar Allan Poe was one of the earliest pioneers of the short story and perfected the tale of psychological horror.The entirety of Poe's body of imaginative work encompasses detective tales, satires, fables, fantasies, science fiction, verse dramas and some of the most evocative poetry in the English language.

This title collects Poe's fiction and poetry, including 'The Fall of the House of Usher', 'The Tell-Tale Heart', 'The Pit and the Pendulum', 'The Raven', 'Annabel Lee', and the novel 'The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket'.

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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.