Publication |
USA, Vintage Books, 2009.
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Description |
250p White Spine
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Summary/Abstract |
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.
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Contents |
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
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Standard Number |
9780307474773 Pb.
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