Tales of Mystery and Terror

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-49) was born in Boston and orphaned at an early age. Taken in by a couple from Richmond, Virginia, he spent a semester at the University of Virginia but could not afford to stay longer. After joining the Army and matriculating as a cadet, he started his literary career with the anonymous publication of Tamerlane and Other Poems, before working as a literary critic. His life was dotted with scandals, such as purposefully getting himself court-martialled to ensure dismissal from the Army, being discharged from his job at the Southern Literary Messenger in Richmond after being found drunk by his boss, and secretly marrying his thirteen-year-old cousin Virginia (listed twenty-one on the marriage certificate). His work took him to both New York City and Baltimore, where he died at the age of forty, two years after Virginia.>

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Edgar Allan Poe

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• Authors: Edgar Allan Poe
• Publisher: Puffin UK
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 11
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 11.09.2025
• EAN: 9780241789896
• ISBN: 978-0-241-78989-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 204 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Puffin Clothbound Classics
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; JUVENILE FICTION / Classics, JUVENILE FICTION / Horror, JUVENILE FICTION / Short Stories, Interest age: from c 9 years, Horror & ghost stories, chillers (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Classic fiction (Children's / Teenage), Short stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Short stories