Major Tales and Poems

Asked in 1894 if Edgar Allan Poe had influenced his work, Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, replied, "Oh, immensely! His detective is the best detective in fiction.... Dupin is unrivalled."<br/><br/>H. P. Lovecraft, a master of the modern horror story, wrote in 1932 that the perfect writer should have "the sheer genius of Poe."<br/><br/>Tributes like these coming from such different writers indicate the widespread reputation for excellence enjoyed by Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849). During a short life shot through with personal tragedy, Poe managed to write virtuoso stories of detection, nightmarish tales of the macabre, brilliant poetry, and incisive criticism. In the totality of these achievements, few other American writers are his equal.<br/><br/>Includes the following tales:<br/>The Tell-Tale Heart<br/>The Black Cat<br/>The Fall of the House of Usher<br/>The Pit and the Pendulum<br/>The Cask of the Amontillado<br/>The Assignation<br/>The Masque of the Red Death<br/>The Premature Burial<br/>William Wilson<br/>A Tale of the Ragged Mountains<br/>The Gold-Bug<br/>The Murders in the Rue Morgue<br/>The Mystery of Marie Roget<br/>The Purloined Letter<br/>The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar<br/>The Oblong Box<br/>MS. Found in a Bottle<br/>The Oval Portrait<br/>Berenice<br/>Morella<br/>Ligeia<br/>Eleonara<br/>The Domain of Arnheim<br/>A Descent into the Maelstrom<br/><br/>Includes the following poems:<br/>Spirits of the Dead<br/>Sonnet-To Science<br/>"Alone"<br/>To Helen<br/>Israfel<br/>The City in the Sea<br/>Lenore<br/>To One in Paradise<br/>Dream-Land<br/>The Raven<br/>Ulalume-A Ballad<br/>The Bells<br/>A Dream within a Dream<br/>The Valley of Unrest<br/>Annabel Lee