A new, beautifully laid-out, easy-to-read edition of six of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved short stories. This edition includes: The Black Cat The Imp of the Perverse The Premature Burial The Domain of Arnheim Landor's Cottage The Man of the Crowd<br/>Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) is best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is regarded as a central figure of American literature, as one of the country's earliest practitioners of the short story and the inventor of detective fiction and science fiction as respective genres.