The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings -- Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe remains the unsurpassed master of works of mystery and madness in this outstanding collection of Poe's prose and poetry are sixteen of his finest tales, including "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Pit and the Pendulum," "William Wilson," "The Black Cat," "The Cask of Amontillado," and "Eleonora". Here too is a major selection of what Poe characterized as the passion of his life, his poems - "The Raven," "Annabel Lee," Ulalume," "Lenore," "The Bells," and more, plus his glorious prose poem "Silence - A Fable" and only full-length novel, <i>The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym</i>.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Edgar Allan Poe<br><b>Publisher:</b> Bantam Classics<br><b>Published:</b> 02/01/1983<br><b>Pages:</b> 419<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.40lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 6.80h x 4.10w x 0.80d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780553212280<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>People Weekly</i> 04/15/2013 pg. 53<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>In his short, troubled life Edgar Allan Poe originated the mystery story, brought new psychological depth to the tale of horror, and made inimitable contributions to Romantic poetry and literary criticism. Born in Boston in 1809 to itinerant actors, Poe was orphaned as an infant and sent to live with a Richmond merchant, John Allan. Allan sent him to the University of Virginia in 1826, but Poe withdrew because of gambling debts. In 1830, with his first book of poems