Edgar Allan Poe: Sixty-Seven Tales (Hardcover)

by Edgar Allan Poe (Author)

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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.

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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: 9.1 x 6.5 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,033,031 in Books (See Bestsellers 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

By	Mimosa Cymru (Pontypridd, Cymru) - See all my reviews

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 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Classic works of fiction., March 16, 1998

By	[e-mail] "queequag" (Gainesville, FL) - See all my reviews

Edgar Allen Poe has been a constant name in American fiction and poetry for year. This collection of his tails includes such classics as The Fall of the House of Usher and the Cask of Amontillado. Poe is undoubtly a master of suspense, although his work can get wordy and laborious at times. My reading of Poe was one of the best things that I ever did for my vocabulary. Poe's mysteries are well writting, and the endings can be quite surpising. For mystery and especally suspense buffs this is a clasic must read. There are also several whimisical tales such as The Unparalleled Adventures of One Hans Pfaal, an early sci-fi story, in which a man travels by hot air balloon to the moon.
This book offers a little of something for everyone. And no one can claim know American Literature without knowing the works of Poe.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

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

By A Customer

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.