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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext This volume contains Edgar Allan Poe's best-known poetry! a selection of his very best stories along with his finest tales from the last decade of his tragically short life. Zusammenfassung This companion volume to Tales of Mystery & Imagination contains Poe's best-known poetry and a selection of his very best stories! including some fine tales from the last decade of his tragically short life. Many of these stories and poems reflect familiar Poe themes of murder! obsession and love! but there are also tales of the fantastic! black comedies! parodies and hoaxes. With an Afterword by David Pinching.
