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Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and of American literature as a whole, and he was one of the country's earliest practitioners of the short story. He is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre and is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. He was the first well-known American writer to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.

Edgar Allan Poe:

The Oval Portrait

The Raven

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A DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTROM
A DREAM
A PREDICAMENT
A TALE OF JERUSALEM
A TALE OF THE RAGGED MOUNTAINS
A VALENTINE
AL AARAAF
ALONE
AN ENIGMA
ANNABEL LEE
BERENICE
DIDDLING
DREAM-LAND
DREAMS
ELDORADO
ELEONORA
EVENING STAR
FAIRY-LAND
FOR ANNIE
FOUR BEASTS IN ONE -THE HOMO-CAMELEOPARD
HOP-FROG
HOW TO WRITE A BLACKWOOD ARTICLE
HYMN
HYMN TO ARISTOGEITON AND HARMODIUS
IMITATION
IN YOUTH I HAVE KNOWN ONE
ISRAFEL
KING PEST
LANDOR'S COTTAGE
LENORE
LETTER TO MR B.
LIGEIA
LIONIZING
LOSS OF BREATH
MAELZEL'S CHESS-PLAYER
MELLONTA TAUTA
MESMERIC REVELATION
METZENGERSTEIN
MORELLA
MS FOUND IN A BOTTLE
MYSTIFICATION
NEVER BET THE DEVIL YOUR HEAD
OLD ENGLISH POETRY
PHILOSOPHY OF FURNITURE
ROMANCE
SCENES FROM POLITIAN
SHADOW - A PARABLE
SILENCE
SILENCE - A FABLE
SOME WORDS WITH A MUMMY
SONG
SONNET - TO SCIENCE
SPIRITS OF THE DEAD
TAMERLANE
THE ANGEL OF THE ODD
THE ASSIGNATION
THE BALLOON-HOAX
THE BELLS
THE BLACK CAT
THE BUSINESS MAN
THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO
THE CITY IN THE SEA
THE COLISEUM
THE COLLOQUY OF MONOS AND UNA
THE CONQUEROR WORM
THE CONVERSATION OF EIROS AND CHARMION
THE DEVIL IN THE BELFRY
THE DOMAIN OF ARNHEIM
THE DUC DE L’OMELETTE
THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF M VALDEMAR
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER
THE FOREST REVERIE
THE GOLD-BUG
THE HAPPIEST DAY
THE HAUNTED PALACE
THE IMP OF THE PERVERSE
THE ISLAND OF THE FAY
THE LAKE - TO
THE LANDSCAPE GARDEN
THE MAN OF THE CROWD
THE MAN THAT WAS USED UP
THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH
THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE
THE MYSTERY OF MARIE ROGET
THE OBLONG BOX
The Oval Portrait
THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM
THE POETIC PRINCIPLE
THE POWER OF WORDS
THE PREMATURE BURIAL
THE PURLOINED LETTER
The Raven
THE SLEEPER
THE SPECTACLES
THE SPHINX
THE SYSTEM OF DOCTOR TARR AND PROFESSOR FETHER
THE TELL-TALE HEART
THE THOUSAND-AND-SECOND TALE OF SCHEHERAZADE
THE VALLEY OF UNREST
THE VILLAGE STREET
THOU ART THE MAN
THREE SUNDAYS IN A WEEK
TO F.
TO FRANCES S OSGOOD
TO HELEN
TO ISADORE
TO MARIE LOUISE (SHEW)
TO ONE IN PARADISE
TO THE RIVER
TO ZANTE
TO ——.
ULALUME
VON KEMPELEN AND HIS DISCOVERY
WHY THE LITTLE FRENCHMAN WEARS HIS HAND IN A SLING
WILLIAM WILSON
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