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-Titulo Original : The Complete Tales And Poems Of Edgar Allan Poe

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Vintage

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One of the most original American writers, Edgar Allan Poe shaped the development of both the detectvie story and the science-fiction story. Some of his poems-The Raven, The Bells, Annabel Lee-remain among the most popular in American literature. Poes tales of the macabre still thrill readers of all ages. Here are familiar favorites like The Purloined Letter, The Fall of the House of Usher, and The Murders in the Rue Morgue, together with less-known masterpieces like The Imp of the Perverse, The Narrative of A. Gordon Pym, and Ligeia, which is now recognized as one of the first science-fiction stories, a total of seventy-three tales in all, plus fifty-three poems and a generous sampling of Poes essays, criticism and journalistic writings. From the Inside Flap All of the tales by the master of the detective and the macabre story. 53 of his best-known poems plus essays and criticisms. From the Back Cover All of the tales by the master of the detective and the macabre story. 53 of his best-known poems plus essays and criticisms. About the Author Edgar Allan Poe was a poet, short-story writer, editor and literary critic. He was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre. Born Edgar Poe in Boston in 1809, he was raised in Virginia by foster parents named Allan who gave him his middle name. Poe died of unknown causes in Baltimore in 1849.