Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Collector's Library) - Hardcover

Allan Poe, Edgar

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1904633137 ISBN 13: 9781904633136

Publisher: Macmillan Collector's Library, 2003

Synopsis

With tales such as The Pit and the Pendulum and The Fall of the House of Usher,this collection brings together the best of Poe's unnerving fiction, along with some of the first modern detective stories, including The Murders in the Rue Morgue and The Purloined Letter.

About this title

About the Author:

Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston in 1809. His parents, both touring actors, died before he was three. He was raised by John Allan, a prosperous Virginian merchant. Poe published his first volume of poetry while still a teenager. He worked as an editor for magazines in Philadelphia, Richmond and New York, and achieved respect as a literary critic. In 1836, he married his thirteen year-old cousin. It was only with the publication of The Raven and other Poems in 1845 that he achieved national fame as a writer. Poe died in mysterious circumstances in 1849.

Synopsis:

The eerie stories of Edgar Allan Poe remain amongst the most influential works of American fiction. The celebrated tales found in this collection include two of the finest detective stories - "Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Purloined Letter" - and others that will make your hair stand on end.

About this edition

• Publisher: Macmillan Collector's Library
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1904633137
• ISBN 13: 9781904633136
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 456