Complete Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe (66 Stories) (Illustrated) (Unique Classics)
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In 1846 Edgar Allan Poe argued in his essay "The Philosophy of Composition" that a literary work should be short enough for a reader to finish in one sitting. He has set the standard of excellence to this concept with his legacy of 66 short stories that are presented here. His stories include the genres of horror, satire, humor, fantasy and even science fiction. The stories in this collection are accompanied by early illustrations by Byam Shaw, Harry Clarke, Aubrey Beardsley and others. This Kindle edition contains the complete collection of Edgar Allen Poe's short stories from 1832 to 1849. They are as follows: Metzengerstein (1832) The Duc De L'Omelette (1832) A Tale of Jerusalem (1832) Loss of Breath (1832) Bon-Bon (1832) MS. Found in a Bottle (1833) The Assignation (1834) Berenice (1835) Morella (1835) Lionizing (1835) The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall (1835) King Pest (1835) Shadow - A Parable (1835) Four Beasts in One - The Homo-Cameleopard (1836) Mystification (1837) Silence - A Fable (1838) Ligeia (1838) How to Write a Blackwood Article (1838) A Predicament (1838) The Devil in the Belfry (1839) The Man That Was Used Up (1839) The Fall of the House of Usher (1839) William Wilson (1839) The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion (1839) Why the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling (1840) The Business Man (1840) The Man of the Crowd (1840) The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841) A Descent into the Maelström (1841) The Island of the Fay (1841) The Colloquy of Monos and Una (1841) Never Bet the Devil Your Head (1841) Eleonora (1841) Three Sundays in a Week (1841) The Oval Portrait (1842) The Masque of the Red Death (1842) The Landscape Garden (1842) The Mystery of Marie Rogêt (1842) The Pit and the Pendulum (1842) The Tell-Tale Heart (1843) The Gold-Bug (1843) The Black Cat (1843) Diddling (1843) The Spectacles (1844) A Tale of the Ragged Mountains (1844) The Premature Burial (1844) Mesmeric Revelation (1844) The Oblong Box (1844) The Angel of the Odd (1844) Thou Art the Man (1844) The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq. (1844) The Purloined Letter (1844) The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade (1845) Some Words with a Mummy (1845) The Power of Words (1845) The Imp of the Perverse (1845) The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether (1845) The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar (1845) The Sphinx (1846) The Cask of Amontillado (1846) The Domain of Arnheim (1847) Mellonta Tauta (1849) Hop-Frog (1849) Von Kempelen and His Discovery (1849) X-ing a Paragrab (1849) Landor's Cottage (1849) All of Unique Classics ebooks have an improved navigation system which includes a linked table of contents and links back to table of contents at the end of each short story. The works are formatted for easy reading and triple-checked for quality assurance. Our illustrated ebooks contain the best related works of art for the material which make the story reading experience much more pleasant and memorable.
Reviews
There are so many choices here with respect to Edgar Allan Poe - at least among the $1.00 and under selections - it was hard to settle on which collection would be the most satisfying. Ultimately, I recommend this one, noting that all have pluses and minuses. This is a great (supposedly complete) collection with quality formatting and an interactive table of contents that lists the stories alphabetically, as well as by year. Having both makes it easy to put Poe's writings in perspective chronologically, while maintaining easy navigation. By the way, if you sample the book, you need to select "cover" in the "go to" menu to see the full ToC. Just page after the cover.You won't find a biography here, but those of us who love Poe already know it and those who don't will be able to find satisfying bios on the web. The only true negative that kept me from giving this 5 stars is the lack of annotations for various foreign phrases. The other inexpensive Poe collections appear to suffer the same omission but nonetheless, it would have been nice. Definition annotations remain as with most Kindle books.For me, this Poe compendium gives the opportunity to revisit all the stories I read many years ago at a price that is unbeatable. I don't regret the choice and am happy to stop agonizing over it.