ID | 010123 |
Call Number | FIC/POE |
Title Proper | Great tales and poems |
Language | ENG |
Author | Poe, Edgar Allan |
Publication | USA, Vintage Books, 2009. |
Description | 250p White Spine |
Note | This selection of eleven stories and seven poems contains such famously chilling masterpieces of the storyteller's art as "The Tell-tale Heart," "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Cask of Amontillado," and "The Pit and the Pendulum," and such unforgettable poems as "The Raven," "The Bells," and "Annabel Lee." Poe is widely credited with pioneering the detective story, represented here by "The Purloined Letter," "The Mystery of Marie Roget," and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue." Also included is his essay "The Philosophy of Composition," in which he lays out his theory of how good writers write, describing how he constructed "The Raven" as an example. |
Note | Poems The Bells The city in thesea Annabel Lee Ulalume - A ballad To Helen (I) To Helen (II) Sonnet - To science The Raven
Tales The Tell-tale Heart The Fall of the House of Usher The Purloined Letter Ligeia The Pit and the Pendulum The masque of the Red death The Black cat The Cask of Amontillado The Murders in the Rue Morgue William Wilson The Mystery of Marie Roget
The Philosophy of Composition |
Standard Number | 9780307474773 |
Price. Qualification | Rs.295(Pb) |
Classification Number | FIC |
Key Words | IGCSE ; Horror tales, American ; Fantasy literature, American |