The Portable Edgar Allan Poe compiles Poe's greatest writings- tales of fantasy, terror, death, revenge, murder, and mystery, including ""The Pit and the Pendulum,"" ""The Fall of the House of Usher,"" ""The Cask of Amontillado,"" ""The Masque of the Red Death,"" and ""The Murders in the Rue Morgue,"" the world's first detective story. In addition, this volume offers letters, articles, criticism, visionary poetry, and a selection of random ""opinions"" on fancy and the imagination, music and poetry, intuition and sundry other topics.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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Edgar Allan Poe Imprint: Penguin Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 197mm,
Width: 130mm,
Spine: 28mm
Weight: 447g ISBN:9780143039914 ISBN 10: 0143039911 Pages: 672 Publication Date:18 April 2007 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 49), was born in Boston, USA.
