Edgar Allan Poe: Sixty-Seven Tales [Hardcover]

Edgar Allan Poe (Author)

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Publication Date: April 24, 1993

67 tales from a master of the short story. Includes the incomparable The Fall of the House of Usher, The Cask of Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Pit and the Pendulum and The Tell-Tale Heart as well as "The Raven" and The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym. 769 pages.

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67 tales from a master of the short story. Includes the incomparable The Fall of the House of Usher, The Cask of Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Pit and the Pendulum and The Tell-Tale Heart as well as "The Raven" and The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym. 769 pages.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 768 pages
• Publisher: Gramercy (April 24, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0517092905
• ISBN-13: 978-0517092903
• Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 1.9 x 9.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,371,019 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars masterful works from the master of suspense, May 11, 1998

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mimosacymru (Pontypridd, Cymru) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Edgar Allan Poe: Sixty-Seven Tales (Hardcover)

Being British, I can't comment on his significance in America, but I would like to praise him as one of the best writers of all time. Not content with single handedly defining new genre - The detective story (Murders in the Rue Morgue), the adventure story (The Gold Bug), he went on to write stories which would chill the spines of his readers for centuries to come. This book covers all his best work, and though it is often difficult to navigate his wide vocabulary, there is more than enough in content to keep even the most uneducated, glued to the pages. The only thing that would make this book perfect would be illustrations by Tim Burton, or a soundtrack by Danny Elfman.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Poe Story, December 10, 1999

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This review is from: Edgar Allan Poe: Sixty-Seven Tales (Hardcover)

A Great Poe Story

"The Narrative of A. Gordon Pym of Nantucket" is a devilish tale about a young sea-loving man by the name of Arthur Gordon Pym. He becomes a stowaway onboard a ship by the name of Grampus. This gravely error causes the mutiny of the Grampus, the stranding of the Grampus at sea, and the death of his friend, Augustus. I believe this story is a wonderful spine-tingling tale by the popular author Edgar Allan Poe. This story would be a wonderful addition to anyone's horror story collection, especially anyone who loves Edgar A. Poe's gruesomely good stories of horror and mystery.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Poe. He's the man., March 21, 1998

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This review is from: Edgar Allan Poe: Sixty-Seven Tales (Hardcover)

Edgar Allen Poe's life of struggle and hardheadedness bore fruit in his writings, the most important of which are presented here. Poe's strongest point remains his mysteries, which have been used for the basis for many writers following after. Coldly stifling is the setting in which Poe casts his readers; feel the chill of the caverns, and the mouldering death-shroud of those buried before their time, or those damned to their fate by the acts of their lives. Poe's works have a constrictive effect *much like The Shining, by King does*, pulling the reader in closer to the text, seeking resolution at the end, but only finding... well, it would be a sin to spoil your first taste of Amontillado, or your first stroll along the Rue Morgue. So do what's right. Click for Edgar, and make sure that, unlike the sweet Lenore, he is seen for evermore...