A new, beautifully laid-out, easy-to-read edition of eight of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved short stories. This edition includes: The Fall of the House of Usher Silence - A Fable The Oblong Box Shadow - A Parable Berenice Eleonora Ligeia Morella<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.