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1) Tales of Terror

Author

Poe, Edgar Allan

Publisher

Recorded Books

Pub. Date

1981

Physical Desc

4 sound discs (5 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Language

English

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Nineteenth-century American poet, critic, and short-story writer Edgar Allan Poe is most famous for his cultivation of the macabre in fiction. Four narrators collaborate here on a collection of some of Poe's best known stories, including “The Tell Tale Heart,” “Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar,” “Hop Frog,” “Murders in the Rue Morgue,” “Masque of the Red Death,” “The Pit and the Pendulum,” “Fall of the House of Usher,”...

2) The Works of Edgar Allan Poe

Author

Poe, Edgar Allan

Publisher

Duke Classics

Pub. Date

2014

Language

English

Description

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It is virtually impossible to overstate Edgar Allan Poe's importance in the field of American literature. He is credited not only with inventing or significantly advancing the short story, detective fiction, and science fiction, but also with being one of the first Americans to pursue a career in writing as a vocation. This comprehensive volume is a career-spanning collection of Poe's stories and poems.

3) The Murders in the Rue Morgue

Author

Poe, Edgar Allan

Pub. Date

2020

Language

English

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First published in a 1841 edition of Graham's Magazine, The Murders in the Rue Morgue is often cited as the first modern detective story. The first of three stories to center around C. Auguste Dupin, Poe's fictional detective, The Murders in the Rue Morgue involves Dupin's investigation of two women's murders. Establishing many of the tropes that would later become common to detective fiction, the story begins with an explanation of Dupin's theory...

4) The Best of Edgar Allan Poe

Author

Poe, Edgar Allan

Physical Desc

5 sound discs.

Language

English

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The name Edgar Allan Poe conjures up thoughts of hearts beating long after their owners are dead, of disease and plague amid wealth, and of love that extends beyond the grave. The richness of Poe's writing, however, includes much more than horror, loss, and death.Poe's stories teem with irony and black humor, in addition to plot twists and surprise endings. Living by their own rules and charged with passion, Poe's characters are instantly recognizable-even...

5) The Fall of the House of Usher, The Pit and the Pendulum & Other Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Author

Poe, Edgar Allan

Publisher

Naxos AudioBooks

Edition

Unabridged

Language

English

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Includes: The Fall of the House of Usher · The Pit and the Pendulum · The Black Cat · The Facts in the Case of M Valdemar · The Cask of Amontillado · Ligeia · The Tell-Tale Heart · The Masque of the Red Death · The Premature Burial · The Raven

The horrors of the Spanish Inquisition, with its dungeon of death, and the overhanging gloom on the House of Usher demonstrate unforgettably the unique imagination of Edgar Allan Poe. Unerringly,

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6) The complete Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Author

Poe, Edgar Allan

Language

English

7) The Edgar Allan Poe audio collection

Author

Poe, Edgar Allan

Publisher

Caedmon

Physical Desc

5 CDs

Language

English

8) Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven & other tales: a graphic novel

Author

Poe, Edgar Allan

Publisher

Metro Books

Pub. Date

[2016]

Physical Desc

160 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.

Language

English

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In this graphic adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's works, the celebrated narrative poem 'The Raven' and several of his short stories are brought to life by Pete Katz's superbly dark illustrations. Poe was a master of Gothic fiction, and the genre's core themes of horror, death and romance feature strongly in this collection, which includes The Raven, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Masque of the Red Death, The Black Cat, The System of Doctor Tarr...