Edgar Allan Poe Omnibus

by Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Schoolcraft (Illustrator)

Overview

Ten tales from Edgar Allan Poe —from the very utmost limits of the probable to the weird confines of superstition and unreality. Tales that engulf the mind and bring about certain emotions of the reader with the impalpable shadows of mystery, and, however formless in the shadows, the outline is as clear and distinct as that of a geometrical diagram with a minuteness of detail that doesn't leave anything unnoticed. Poe has no sympathy with Mysticism. The Mystic dwells in mystery; it affects his optic nerve especially, and the commonest things get a rainbow edging from it. Poe, on the other hand, analyzes, dissects, watches with an eye serene, and gives a written account of information gained from external sources. For Poe, the tale is the very pulse of the machine, with wheels and cogs and piston-rods, all working to produce a certain end.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781666252408
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	02/21/2021
Pages:	238
Sales rank:	442,189
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.54(d)

About the Author

Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was orphaned at the age of three and adopted by a wealthy Virginia family with whom he had a troubled relationship. He excelled in his studies of language and literature at school, and self-published his first book, Tamerlane and Other Poems, in 1827. In 1830, Poe embarked on a career as a writer and began contributing reviews and essays to popular periodicals. He also wrote sketches and short fiction, and in 1833 published his only completed novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. Over the next five years he established himself as a master of the short story form through the publication of "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and other well–known works. In 1841, he wrote "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," generally considered the first modern detective story. The publication of The Raven and Other Poems in 1845 brought him additional fame as a poet.