Poe: Poetry and Tales

A BEAUTIFUL AND INCREDIBLY WELL-KEPT EDITION WITH THE ORIGINAL HARDCOVER SLIPCASE (LOOKS TO BE UNREAD)
PRINTED AND BOUND WITH 100% WOVEN BRILLANTA CLOTH SPECIALLY MADE IN HOLLAND
INCLUDING OVER 1,400 PAGES AND 175+ WORKS (THE LARGEST PAGE COUNT I'VE EVER SEEN IN A SINGLE VOLUME.)
INCLUDING POE'S MOST FAMOUS POEMS AND STORIES, AS WELL AS VERY HARD-TO-FIND WORKS
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE THE RAVEN, THE BELLS, ANNABELLE LEE, SPIRITS OF THE DEAD, A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM, AND MANY MORE
THIS VOLUME ALSO INCLUDES SOME OF POE'S ESSAYS AND EXTRAS NOT SEEN IN MOST VOLUMES

The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe is an extraordinary literary collection that brings together the timeless and macabre tales of one of America's greatest writers. This meticulously crafted book presents over 175 captivating works by Edgar Allan Poe, showcasing his genius and profound impact on the realm of Gothic literature. With its exceptional quality and stunning presentation, this edition is a treasure for both avid Poe enthusiasts and collectors of classic literature.

This remarkable edition of The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe is a testament to the enduring legacy of the legendary author. Spanning over 1400 pages, this comprehensive collection offers readers a comprehensive glimpse into the dark and mysterious world that Poe so skillfully constructed throughout his career.

Within the pages of this magnificent book, readers will find an extensive selection of Poe's most famous and influential works, including "The Raven," "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Fall of the House of Usher," and "The Masque of the Red Death." From spine-chilling horror to psychological suspense, each story invites readers to explore the depths of human nature, often blurring the lines between reality and the supernatural.

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The text of Eureka: A Prose Poem reprinted here was established from the authoritative documents by Roland W. Nelson. This volume also prints texts from Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe edited by Thomas Ollive Mabbott and published by The Belknap Press of Havard University Press and texts from The Poems of Edgar Allan Poe edited by Floyd Stovall and published by The University Press of Virginia, with the permission of the publishers.

CONTENTS

An Acrostic
Al Aaraaf
"Alone"
See also To — ("I heed not")
The Angel of the Odd
Annabel Lee
The Assignation
Ballad See Bridal Ballad
The Balloon-Hoax.
The Bargain Lost See Bon-Bon
The Bells Berenice.
The Black Cat Bon-Bon.
Bridal Ballad
The Business Man.
Byron and Miss Chaworth
The Cask of Amontillado Catholic Hymn See Hymn
The City in the Sea The Coliseum.
The Colloquy of Monos and Una
The Conqueror Worm
The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion
A Decided Loss See Loss of Breath
"Deep in Earth"
A Descent into the Maelström
The Devil in the Belfry
Diddling Considered as One of the Exact Sciences.
Dirge See Lenore
The Domain of Arnheim.
The Doomed City:
See The City in the Sea
A Dream
A Dream within a Dream
Dream-Land
Dreams •
The Duc De L'Omelette.
Eldorado Eleonora.
Elizabeth
Enigma
An Enigma
Epimanes See Four Beasts in One-
A Song
Eureka: A Prose Poem
Evening Star
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
Fairy Land
Fairy-Land
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Folio Club
For Annie •
Four Beasts in One—The Homo-Cameleopard
The Gold-Bug
"The Happiest Day"
The Haunted Palace Hop-Frog :
House Furniture
See The Philosophy of Furniture How to Write a Blackwood Article
Hymn
Imitation
The Imp of the Perverse
Instinct vs Reason—A Black Cat
Introduction
Irene See The Sleeper
The Island of the Fay.
Israfel
The Journal of Julius Rodman
King Pest
The Lake See The Lake-
-To
The Lake-To
Landor's Cottage
Lenore
Letter to Mr.
Life in Death See The Oval Portrait
Ligeia
The Light-House.
Lines Written in an Album See To F.
"Lines on Joe Locke"
Lionizing
The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq.•
Loss of Breath.
The Man of the Crowd
The Man That Was Used Up
The Masque of the Red Death
Mellonta Tauta.
Mesmeric Revelation
Metzengerstein.
Morella .
Morning on the Wissahickon
MS. Found in a Bottle The Murders in the Rue Morgue
"Mysterious Star!"
The Mystery of Marie Rogêt
Mystification
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym
Never Bet the Devil Your Head
O, Tempora! O, Mores!
The Oblong Box The Oval Portrait
A Pacan See Lenore
Peter Pendulum See The Business Man
The Philosophy of Furniture The Pit and the Pendulum
The Power of Words.
Preface See Romance
Preface (The Raven and Other Poems)
Preface (Tamerlane and Other Poems)
Preface (Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque)
The Premature Burial.
The Psyche Zenobia See How to Write a Blackwood Article
The Purloined Letter.
Raising the Wind See Diddling Considered as One of the Exact
Sciences
The Raven Romance
Scenes from "Politian"
Serenade.
Shadow—A Parable
Silence, a Sonnet See Sonnet-Silence
Silence—A Fable
Siope See Silence —A Fable
The Sleeper.
Some Account of Stonehenge Some Words with a Mummy
Song
Song of the Newly-Wedded See Bridal Ballad Sonnet See Sonnet—To Science; also An Engima Sonnet—Silence
Sonnet—To My Mother See To My Mother
Sonnet—To Science
Sonnet—To Zante.
The Spectacles The Sphinx
Spirits of the Dead
"Stanzas"
A Succession of Sundays See Three Sundays in a Week The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether
A Tale of Jerusalem
A Tale of the Ragged Mountains
Tamerlane
The Tell-Tale Heart
"Thou Art the Man"
The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade
Three Sundays in a Week
To
("Fair maiden, let thy generous heart") See To F-
S.
To
("I heed not")
To
("I saw thee on thy bridal day") See Song
To
("I saw thee once") See To Helen
To
("Not long ago")
To
("The bowers whereat")
To F
- ("Beloved! amid the earnest woes")
To F
- ("Thou wouldst be loved?" See To F
To F
-s S. 0—d
To Helen ("Helen, thy beauty is to me").
To Helen ("I saw thee once")
To Her Whose Name is Written Below See A Valentine to
To Ianthe in Heaven See To One in Paradise
"To Isaac Lea"
To M
- See To
- ("I heed not")
To Margaret
To Mary See To F.
- ("Beloved! amid the carnest woes")
To M. L. S-
To Miss Louise Olivia Hunter
To My Mother.
"To Octavia"
To One Departed See To F
- ("Beloved! amid the earnest woes")
To One in Paradise
To the River -
To Zante See Sonnet—To Zante
Ulalume—A Ballad
The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall
A Valentine to
The Valley Nis See The Valley of Unrest The Valley of Unrest
The Visionary See The Assignation
Visit of the Dead See Spirits of the Dead Von Jung Sec Mystification
Von Kempelen and His Discovery .
Why the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling
William Wilson
X-ing a Paragrab'