Description |
xiv, 842 p. ; 24 cm. |
Contents |
Unparalleled adventure of one Hans Pfaall -- Balloon-hoax -- Mesmeric revelation -- Ms. found in a bottle -- Descent into the maelstrom -- Von Kempelen and his discovery -- Gold-bug -- Facts in the case of M. Valdemar -- Thousand-and-second tale of Scheherazade -- Murders in the Rue Morgue -- Mystery of Marie Rogêt -- Fall of the House of Usher -- Purloined letter -- Tell-tale heart -- Black cat -- Imp of the perverse -- Premature burial -- Island of the fay -- Cask of Amontillado -- Pit and the pendulum -- Oval portrait -- Masque of the red death -- Assignation -- System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether -- Mystification -- How to write a Blackwood article -- Predicament -- Literary life of Thingum Bob, Esq.-- Diddling -- X-ing a paragrab -- Angel of the odd -- Loss of breath -- Business man -- Mellonta Tauta -- Man that was used up -- Maelzel's chess-player -- Power of words -- Conversation of Eiros and Charmion -- Colloquy of Monos and Una -- Silence, a fable -- Shadow, a parable -- Tale of Jerusalem -- Philosophy of furniture -- Sphinx -- Man of the crowd -- "Thou art the man" -- Hop-frog -- Never bet the Devil your head -- Four beasts in one -- Why the little Frenchman wears his hand in a sling -- Some words with a mummy -- Bon-bon -- Magazine-writing, Peter Snook -- Review of Stephens' "Arabia petraee" -- Quacks of Helicon, a satire -- Astoria -- Domain of Arnheim -- Landor's cottage -- William Wilson -- Ligeia -- Berenice -- Morella -- Eleonara -- Metzengerstein -- Tale of the Ragged Mountains -- Oblong box -- Duc de l'Omelette -- Spectacles -- King pest -- Three Sundays in a week -- Devil in the belfry -- Lionizing -- Narrative of a Gordon Pym. |
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Poems: Raven -- Lenore -- Valentine -- Hymn -- Coliseum -- To-- -- Ulalume -- To Helen -- Enigma -- Annabel Lee -- To one in paradise -- Bells -- To my mother -- Haunted palace -- Conqueror worm -- To F-s S. O-d -- Valley of unrest -- City in the sea -- Sleeper -- Dream within a dream -- Silence -- Dream-land -- Eulalie -- To Zante -- Bridal ballad -- To F-- -- Eldorado -- Israfel -- For Annie -- Scenes from "Politian" -- Sonnet to science -- Aaraaf -- To the River-- -- Tamerlane -- Dream -- Lake to-- -- To M.L.S.-- Spirits of the dead -- Dreams -- Evening star -- Alone -- Paean -- Fairy-land -- Romance -- "In youth I have known one." |
Summary |
Features a comprehensive collection of the author's works, including such classics as "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Raven" and lesser-known works such as "Loss of Breath" and "Spirits of the Dead." |
Subject |
Short stories, American -- 19th century.
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American poetry -- 19th century.
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Horror tales, American -- 19th century.
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Added Author |
Scott, Wilbur S. (Wilbur Stewart), 1914-2005.
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Added Title |
Complete tales and poems of Edgar Allan Poe |
ISBN |
0785814531 (hc) |
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9780785814535 (hc) |
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0785813500 (pbk.) |
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9780785813507 (pbk.) |
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1422352862 |
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9781422352861 |
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