Tales of Mystery and Terror

Informationen zum Autor Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 49), was born in Boston, USA. He was a short-story writer, editor and literary critic, and is considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor the detective-fiction genre. Klappentext /Poe/Edgar Allan This anthology includes thirteen stories of the supernatural from the master of the macabre. Some of Poe's most famous tales of terror are featured, including "The Pit and the Pendulum", "The Tell-Tale Heart", and "The Fall of the House of Usher". Zusammenfassung Thirteen stories of horror, suspense and the supernatural. 'The Pit and the Pendulum', 'The Fall of the House of Usher' and 'The Black Cat' are just three of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous tales in this chilling collection.

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: Edgar Allan Poe, Edgar Allen Poe
• Publisher: Puffin UK
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 11
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 26.01.1995
• EAN: 9780140367201
• ISBN: 978-0-14-036720-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Puffin Classics; Puffin Classics
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; JUVENILE FICTION / Short Stories, Interest age: from c 9 years, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Classic fiction (Children's / Teenage), Short stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Short stories