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Slip behind the bleak walls and vacant windows of Netflix's reimagining of the mansion of doom in this anthology of works by Edgar Allan Poe that inspired the limited series The Fall of the House of Usher. From well-loved classics like "The Raven" and "The Tell-Tale Heart"to lesser-known gems such as "Tamerlane" and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," these collected tales have withstood the test of time, haunting readers for nearly two hundred years.--Amazon...
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"Edgar Allan Poe is credited with having pioneered the short story, having perfected the tale of psychological horror, and having revolutionised modern poetics. The entirety of Poe's body of imaginative work encompasses detective tales, satires, fables, fantasies, science fiction, verse dramas, and some of the most evocative poetry in the English language. This omnibus edition collects all of Poe's fiction and poetry in a single volume, including...
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Caedmon
Pub. Date
[2000]
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English
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Universally acclaimed as the maestro of horror and the morbid, Edgar Allan Poe's dark gift has for more than a century and a half set the standard for the genre.
Now, Caedmon Audio presents a classic collection of Poe's most terrifying tales performed by two of the most brilliant interpreters of his work, Vincent Price and Basil Rathbone. Between them, they perform 20 of Poe's chilling stories and poems, creating an unforgettably intense
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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An unparalleled treasury of crime, mystery, and murder from the genre's founding century With stories by Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, L. Frank Baum, Edith Wharton, Stephen Crane, and Jack London, The Best American Mystery Stories of the Nineteenth Century is an essential anthology of American letters. It's a unique blend of beloved writers who contributed to the genre and forgotten names that pioneered the...
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Tantor Media
Pub. Date
[2005, c1991]
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English
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Between 1841 and 1844, Edgar Allan Poe invented the detective fiction genre with his mesmerizing stories of a young French eccentric named C. Auguste Dupin. Introducing to literature the concept of applying reason to solving crime, these tales brought Poe fame and fortune. Years later, Dorothy Sayers would describe "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" as "almost a complete manual of detective theory and practice." Indeed, Poe's short mysteries inspired...
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Tantor Media
Pub. Date
[2009, p1991]
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English
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A collection of murder mysteries by literary legend, Edgar Allan Poe. Originally penned in the 1840s and set in the seedy alleyways of Paris, these works of fiction noir feature sleuthing extraordinaire C. Auguste Dupin, who solves an assortment of whodunits with keen observation, brilliant deduction, and creative ratiocination.
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[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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Today the name alone conjures up images of horror and darkness. But who was Edgar Allan Poe? Born deperately poor, orphaned by two mothers , rected by two fathers, tormented by the death of two women he loved, a brilliant and temperamental writer, Poe was one of the saddest and strangest figures in American Literature. For he was a man both blessed and cursed by genius. This is his story.
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Naxos Audio Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
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English
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Part of the Naxos AudioBooks Essential series, this CD combines some of Poes best-loved ghost stories, plus a selection of poetry including The Raven and an additional biography. This audiobook features The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Masque of the Red Death, The Cask of Amontillado, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Premature Burial and The Facts in the Case of M Valdemar.
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Dover Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"A remarkable celebration of America's literary legacy, this superb selection includes the very best tales from the 19th and 20th centuries. Features "The Boarded Window," Ambrose Bierce; "The Locket," Kate Chopin; "Out of Season," Ernest Hemingway; "In a Far Country," Jack London; "The Fiddler," Herman Melville; "The Black Cat," Edgar Allan Poe; "Luck," Mark Twain; "The Dilettante," Edith Wharton; and more"--
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MacMillan Collector's Library
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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"Compiles Poe's best-known poetry and a selection of his very best stories, including some fine tales from the last decade of his tragically short life. Many of these stories and poems reflect familiar Poe themes of murder, obsession, and love, but there are also tales of the fantastic, black comedies, parodies, and hoaxes" --
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Library of America volume 219
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Library of America
Pub. Date
[2011]
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English
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Marginesy
Pub. Date
2021.
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Polish
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"Edgar Allan Poe - prekursor horroru i opowiadań detektywistycznych. Żył krótko i burzliwie, zmarł w niewyjaśnionych okolicznościach, a osiągnięcia twórcze zmieniły historię literatury. Jego utwory cieszą się niesłabnącą popularnością. Sam Poe silnie oddziałuje na współczesną kulturę, o czym świadczą liczne powieści, filmy, seriale i kreskówki. Jego twórczość inspirowała i nadal inspiruje grafików, malarzy i muzyków....
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