Forty-Two Tales Including the Fall of the House of Usher
by Edgar Allan Poe
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Forty-two of Poe's stories, including The gold bug, The tell-tale heart, The devil in the belfry, The pit and the pendulum, The cask of amontillado, and King Pest among others.Tags
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The stories in this collection can be divided into comedies, horror stories and detective stories. I didn't find the comedies funny and the horror stories didn't give me any frisson of horror. The only two I really enjoyed were the two detective stories starring Dupin. Poe's supposed to be a good writer, but if he can't arouse the emotional effect he's after, how good can he be? Is the fault in me or in him?
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Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 1809. In 1827, he enlisted in the United States Army and his first collection of poems, Tamerlane and Other Poems, was published. In 1835, he became the editor of the Southern Literary Messenger. Over the next ten years, Poe would edit a number of literary journals including the show more Burton's Gentleman's Magazine and Graham's Magazine in Philadelphia and the Broadway Journal in New York City. It was during these years that he established himself as a poet, a short story writer, and an editor. His works include The Fall of the House of Usher, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Mystery of Marie Roget, A Descent into the Maelstrom, The Masque of the Red Death, and The Raven. He struggle with depression and alcoholism his entire life and died on October 7, 1849 at the age of 40. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Forty-Two Tales Including the Fall of the House of Usher
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- 1979
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