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This volume gathers the full range of Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories, presented chronologically as first published in American periodicals such as the Southern Literary Messenger and Graham’s Magazine. Poe’s tales span the spectrum of early American literary genres—ghoul‑laden horror, pioneering detective stories, satirical pieces, and nascent science‑fiction—illustrating his fascination with emotion, mystery, and the uncanny. The selection includes celebrated works such as “The Gold‑Bug,” “The Black Cat,” “The Fall of the House of Usher,” “The Masque of the Red Death,” “The Pit and the Pendulum,” and “The Murders in the Rue Morgue.”
First publish date: 2020
Genre: General Fiction/Short Stories
Authors: Edgar Allan Poe
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