Edgar Allan Poe The Dover Reader

by Poe, Edgar Allan

• ISBN13: 9780486791197
• ISBN10: 048679119X
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2014-12-17
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

The father of the detective novel and an innovator in American Gothic fiction, Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) made his living as America's first great literary critic. Today he is best remembered for his short stories and poems, haunting works of horror and mystery that remain popular around the world.
This anthology presents Poe's finest works in a rich selection of poetry and prose that features his only complete novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym. Short stories include "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Purloined Letter," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and more than a dozen others. In addition to a few selections of Poe's nonfiction writing, the compilation offers "The Conqueror Worm," "Annabel Lee," "The Raven," and many other memorable poems.

Author Biography

The father of the detective novel and an innovator in the genre of science fiction, Edgar Allan Poe (1809–49) made his living as America's first great literary critic. Today he is best remembered for his short stories and poems, haunting works of horror and mystery that remain popular around the world.

Table of Contents

Tales

MS Found in a Bottle

The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall

King Pest

Ligea

William Wilson

The Fall of the House of Usher

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

The Pit and the Pendulum

The Mystery of Marie Roget

The Tell-Tale Heart

The Gold-Bug

The Black Cat

The Oblong Box

The Purloined Letter

Some Words With a Mummy

The Imp of the Perverse

The Cask of Amontillado

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym

Poetry

To - - ("I saw thee on thy bridal day -")

Dreams

Spirits of the Dead

Evening Star

A Dream within a Dream

Stanzas

A Dream

"The Happiest Day - The Happiest Hour"

The Lake

Sonnet -To Science

Rmance

To ("The Bowers whereat, in dreams, I see")

To the River

To - ("I heed not that my earthly lot")

Fairy-Land

To Helen

ISrafel

The City in the Sea

The Sleeper

Lenore

The Valley of Unrest

The Coliseum

To One in Paradise

To F -

Sonnet - To Zante

Sonnet - Silence

The Conqueror Worm

Dream-Land

The Raven

Eulalie - A Song

To M. L. S.

Ulalume

To - -

Eldorado

For Annie

To My Mother

Annabel Lee

The Bells

Alone

Non-Fiction

A Few Words on Secret Writing

Maelzel's Chess-Player

The Philosophy of Composition