The eerie, haunted, and wildly tormented world of Edgar Allan Poe has enchanted me ever since I can.remember. In all my reading, I've never encountered any writer who was so brilliantly ablo to transform his inner visions or hallucinations into universally loved fiction and poetry. Poe's achievements are particularly awesome when you consider what a mixable life he led, both personally and publicly.He was orphaned as a child, adopted by a remarkably cold and pretentious man who, as one reads therecords, clearly hated! him and abandoned him financially when he was in collegs. It is no wonder that he was profoundly neurotic and tried to set comfort, or release,iin extensive gambling and drinking How he managed to write at all is a mystery.
The Black Cat · The Fall of the House of Usher
The Masque of the Red Death
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
The Premature Burial · MS Found in a Bottle
A Tale of the Ragged Mountains
The Sphinx . The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Tell-Tale Heart · The Gold-Bug
The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether
The Man That Was Used Up · The Balloon-Hoax
A Descent into the Maelstrbm
The Purloined Letter · The Pit and the Pendulum
The Cask of Amontillado
THE BLACK CAT
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER
THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH
THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF M.VALDEMAR
THE PREMATURE BURIAL
MS FOUND IN A BOTTLE
A TALE OF THE RAGGED MOUNTAINS"
THE SPHINX
THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE
THE TELL-TALE HEART
THE GOLD-BUG
THE SYSTEM OF DR. TARR AND PROF. FETHER
THE MAN THAT WAS USED UP
THE BALLOON-HOAX
A DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTROM
THE PURLOINED LETTER
THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM
THE CASK OF AMONTILIADO