Great Short Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Poems, Tales, Criticism

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The finest comic, Gothic, and satiric works of the nineteenth-century writer are included in an anthology that features a superb collection of poetry, critical essays, and short fiction, including such classics as "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Raven," "The Purloined Letter," "Annabel Lee," "The M

Edgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic. A writer of fantastical, bizarre and sometimes disturbing short stories, he is best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre. He lived and worked in the first half of the nineteenth century and died a mysterious death, many believe caused by an overdose of drugs, at the age of 40 in 1849.