Product Description<br/><br/><br/>This collection of 25 stories in Large Print includes Poe's three mystery stories and all of his best known tales, including "The Black Cat," "The Cask of Amontillado," "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Imp of the Perverse," "The Man of the Crowd," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Premature Burial," and "The Tell-Tale Heart."<br/><br/><br/>About the Author<br/><br/><br/>Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and American literature as a whole, and he was one of the country's earliest practitioners of the short story. Poe is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre and is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.