Description

This wide-ranging collection gathers the essential fiction, poetry, criticism, essays, letters, and reflections of one of America’s most influential and enigmatic writers. Poe’s tales of terror, obsession, revenge, murder, and detection—including landmark stories such as “The Fall of the House of Usher,” “The Pit and the Pendulum,” “The Cask of Amontillado,” and “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”—explore the darkest reaches of the human mind. Alongside his imaginative works, the volume reveals his ideas about language, music, intuition, and the creative process. Together, these writings showcase Poe’s distinctive blend of psychological intensity, Gothic atmosphere, formal precision, and haunting invention.

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paperback edition cover

paperback

Penguin Books

Published Jan 1, 1977

666 pages

ISBN: 9780140150124

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Details

First Published

1945

Language

eng

Content Warnings

Content and trigger warnings for Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe.

Violence
Death/Grief
Substance Use