num_pages: 1040
description: Edgar Allan Poe was one of the most original writers in the history of American letters, a genius who was tragically misunderstood in his lifetime. He was a seminal figure in the development of science fiction and the detective story, and exerted a great influence on Dostoyevsky, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jules Verne, and Charles Baudelaire, who championed him long before Poe was appreciated in his own country. Baudelaire's enthusiasm brought Poe a wide audience in Europe, and his writing came to have enormous importance for modern French literature. This edition includes his most well-known works--"The Raven," "The Pit and the Pendulum," "Annabel Lee," "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"--as well as less-familiar stories, poems, and essays.
language: English
title: The Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
titlecomplete: The Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
genres: Literature, Classics, Gothic, 19th Century, Horror, Short Stories, Fiction, Poetry, Fantasy, Mystery
ratings_count: 4226
publisher: Modern Library