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Tales of Terror and Detection

Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) holds a unique place in American literature. Famous as a poet, he also penned short stories that are masterpieces of terror and suspense, infused with the horror and dread he knew from his feverish dreams and persistent fears of death. Fortunately for lovers of mystery, Poe was attracted by logic and analysis as well as fantasy. Fascinated by the narrative possibilities of tracking the perpetrator of a crime, he invented the modern detective story.
This superb collection of five stories reveals Poe's virtuoso gifts for both crime fiction and the macabre. Two of his most famous tales, "The Mystery of Marie Roget" and "The Purloined Letter," recount the exploits of C. Auguste Dupin, the first important fictional detective. "William Wilson" is a chilling tale of crime and evil. The two remaining stories, "MS. Found in a Bottle" and "The Oblong Box," subtly but relentlessly convey a sense of unease, then dread, then outright terror.

MS. Found in a Bottle; 1833; William Wilson; 1839; The Mystery of Marie Rogêt; 1842; The Oblong Box; 1844; The Purloined Letter; 1844; Edgar Poe; American writer; American editor; American literary critic; poetry and short stories; Romanticism; inventor of the detective fiction genre; Boston; John and Frances Allan; Richmond, Virginia; University of Virginia; Tamerlane and Other Poems; The Raven; The Penn; The Stylus; The Mystery Writers of America; Edgar Award; The Black Cat; The Cask of Amontillado; A Descent into the Maelström; The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar; The Fall of the House of Usher; The Gold-Bug; Hop-Frog; The Imp of the Perverse; Ligeia; The Masque of the Red Death; Morella; The Murders in the Rue Morgue; The Oval Portrait; The Pit and the Pendulum; The Premature Burial; The Purloined Letter; The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether; The Tell-Tale Heart; Al Aaraaf; Annabel Lee; The Bells; The City in the Sea; The Conqueror Worm; A Dream Within a Dream; Eldorado; Eulalie; The Haunted Palace; To Helen; Lenore; Tamerlane; The Raven; Ulalume; Politian; The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket; The Balloon-Hoa; The Philosophy of Composition; Eureka: A Prose Poem; The Poetic Principle; The Light-House
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Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) holds a unique place in American literature. Famous as a poet, he also penned short stories that are masterpieces of terror and suspense, infused with the horror and dread he knew from his feverish dreams and persistent fears of death. Fortunately for lovers of mystery, Poe was attracted by logic and analysis as well as fantasy. Fascinated by the narrative possibilities of tracking the perpetrator of a crime, he invented the modern detective story.
This superb collection of five stories reveals Poe's virtuoso gifts for both crime fiction and the macabre. Two of his most famous tales, "The Mystery of Marie Roget" and "The Purloined Letter," recount the exploits of C. Auguste Dupin, the first important fictional detective. "William Wilson" is a chilling tale of crime and evil. The two remaining stories, "MS. Found in a Bottle" and "The Oblong Box," subtly but relentlessly convey a sense of unease, then dread, then outright terror.

MS. Found in a Bottle; 1833; William Wilson; 1839; The Mystery of Marie Rogêt; 1842; The Oblong Box; 1844; The Purloined Letter; 1844; Edgar Poe; American writer; American editor; American literary critic; poetry and short stories; Romanticism; inventor of the detective fiction genre; Boston; John and Frances Allan; Richmond, Virginia; University of Virginia; Tamerlane and Other Poems; The Raven; The Penn; The Stylus; The Mystery Writers of America; Edgar Award; The Black Cat; The Cask of Amontillado; A Descent into the Maelström; The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar; The Fall of the House of Usher; The Gold-Bug; Hop-Frog; The Imp of the Perverse; Ligeia; The Masque of the Red Death; Morella; The Murders in the Rue Morgue; The Oval Portrait; The Pit and the Pendulum; The Premature Burial; The Purloined Letter; The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether; The Tell-Tale Heart; Al Aaraaf; Annabel Lee; The Bells; The City in the Sea; The Conqueror Worm; A Dream Within a Dream; Eldorado; Eulalie; The Haunted Palace; To Helen; Lenore; Tamerlane; The Raven; Ulalume; Politian; The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket; The Balloon-Hoa; The Philosophy of Composition; Eureka: A Prose Poem; The Poetic Principle; The Light-House
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