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Collected Works of Poe |
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Volume 1, the Raven Edition
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Edgar Allan Poe
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Gothic
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| Language
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English
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| Notes
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Edgar Allan Poe, An Appreciation
Life of Poe, by James Russell Lowell
Death of Poe, by N. P. Willis
The Unparalled Adventures of One Hans Pfall
The Gold Bug
Four Beasts in One
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Mystery of Marie Rogêt
The Balloon Hoax
MS. Found in a Bottle
The Oval Portrait
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and "The Domain of Arnheim"; such marvellous studies in ratiocination
as the "Gold-bug," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The
Purloined Letter" and "The Mystery of Marie Roget," the latter,
a recital of fact, demonstrating the author's wonderful capability of correctly
analyzing the mysteries of the human mind; such tales of illusion and banter
as "The Premature Burial" and "The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor
Fether"; such bits of extravaganza as "The Devil in the Belfry"
and "The Angel of the Odd"; such tales of adventure as "The Narrative
of Arthur Gordon Pym"; such papers of keen criticism and review as won
for Poe the enthusiastic admiration of Charles Dickens, although they made him
many enemies among the over-puffed minor American writers so mercilessly exposed
by him; such poems of beauty and melody as "The Bells," "The
Haunted Palace," "Tamerlane," "The City in the Sea"
and "The Raven." What delight for the jaded senses of the reader is
this enchanted domain of wonder-pieces! What an atmosphere of
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