Tales of Edgar Allan Poe

by Edgar Allan Poe

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An excellent collection of classic Poe literature, known as the the "official" text. This includes classics such as The Tell-Tale Heart and The Pit and the Pendulum. A great read for anyone interested in great literary genius. (

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TamBrock | Feb 23, 2011 |

4 Short Stories
The Gold bug
The Purloined Letter
The Balloon hoax
The Black Cat

N11284 | Mar 31, 2010 |

Nine stories by Poe (

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brose72 | Feb 17, 2007 |

An anthology of 11 tales by Poe, including:
The Cask of Amontillado
The Black Cat
The Telltale Heart
The Masque of the Red Death
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Facts in the case of M. Valdemar
Berenice
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Gold-Bug
A Descent into the Maelstrom
William Wilson
Classic tales of horror and fantasy, for teen and adult readers. (

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tripleblessings | Feb 2, 2007 |

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Edgar Allan Poe	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Kapari-Jatta, Jaana	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Westvaco American Classics (1964)

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Afterword by Peter Glassman. This deluxe illustrated edition features a selection of vivid tales, including "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Pit and the Pendulum." "Moser's watercolor paintings...are both macabre and understated. The best of them make us further imagine the terrible things beyond the edge."--Booklist. A Books of wonder Classic.

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A collection of short stories by Edgar Allan Poe with running vocabularies for SAT preparation.

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