| Description |
xv, 498 pages ; 20 cm. |
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text rdacontent |
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unmediated rdamedia |
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volume rdacarrier |
| Series |
Lifetime Library
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| Note |
"This 2015 edition published by Sweet Water Press by arrangement with Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc."--Title page verso. |
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Introduction written by Daniel Stashower. |
| Contents |
Tales: MS. found in a bottle --A descent into the maelstrom --The gold-bug --The facts in the case of M. Valdemar --The murders in the Rue Morgue --The fall of the House of Usher --The purloined letter --The tell-tale heart --The black cat --The imp of the perverse --The premature burial --The cask of Amontillado --The pit and the pendulum --The masque of the red death --The man of the crowd --Hop-frog --William Wilson --Legeia --Morella --Metzengerstein --The narrative of A. Gordon Pym --Poems: Poems written in youth: Tamerlane --To Helen --Miscellaneous poems: The raven --Ulalume --Annabel Lee --The bells --The conqueror worm --The city in the sea --A dream within a dream --Eldorado. |
| Summary |
This book "features key works, spanning from 1827 to his death in 1849, from the famous Gothic American writer, especially Poe's spine-chilling short stories and melodious poems. Included in this indispensable edition, with a new introduction by Daniel Stashower, are the short stories "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Pit and the Pendulum," and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," as well as classic poems such as "The Raven, "Annabel Lee," and "The Bells."--Publisher. |
| Subject |
American poetry -- 19th century.
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Short stores, American.
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American poetry.
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| ISBN |
9781492472735 |
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1492472735 |
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