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Poetry and Tales

By Edgar Allan Poe, Patrick F. Quinn (Editor)

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| Hardcover | 9780940450189

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Book Description

Poe's complete poetry and fiction, collected for the first time, including his remarkable and haunting poems, his classic tales of mystery, horror, and suspense, and his humorous sketches. Includes famous stories such as "The Fall of the House of Usher," and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," along wiContinue

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Inescapable Poe

Valéry, in a letter to Gide, asserted that: “Poe is the only impeccable writer. He was never mistaken.” If this judgment startles an American reader, it is less remarkable than Baudelaire’s habit of making his morning prayers to God and to Edgar Poe. ... (read full critics)

nybooks published on Sat, 21 Aug 2010

2 Reviews

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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