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Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

By Edgar Allan Poe

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| Hardcover | 9780385074070

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Book Description

This single volume brings together all of Poe's stories and poems, and illuminates the diverse and multifaceted genius of one of the greatest and most influential figures in American literary history.

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Welcome to my nightmare Share

Edgar Allan Poe was born January 19, 1809. This would be his 194th birthday. Of course he famously died pretty much literally face down in the gutter. He was a tortured soul with a rough row to hoe, and problems with booze and dope. He was, however, ... (read full critics)

blogcritics published on Sun, 19 Jan 2003

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Me and Edgar first encountered each other in seventh grade, when I was 13. I think it was love at first sight when we read one of the short story collections. Not only they were morbid and depicted the horrible nature of evil I thought he himself was like one of his tragic characters. This edition w ... (continue)

Me and Edgar first encountered each other in seventh grade, when I was 13. I think it was love at first sight when we read one of the short story collections. Not only they were morbid and depicted the horrible nature of evil I thought he himself was like one of his tragic characters. This edition was a great chance to finish the rest that I hadn't come across. Illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley, Harry Clarke etc.

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s u v i said on May 17, 2009 | Add your feedback

reading selected stories and novella (Narrative of A. Gordon Pym), not entirety

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Plus5vswords said on Nov 2, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback