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  • Published: 15 December 2011
  • ISBN: 9780670919840
  • Imprint: Viking
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 1040
  • RRP: $65.00

The Penguin Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe



Classic stories and poems from the arch-priest of Gothic horror beautifully repackaged in this stunning new edition, with an introduction by Will Self

The Fall of the House of Usher, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Gold-Bug - some of the most famous tales of terror and the most macabre detective stories ever written. Acknowledged master of suspense, Poe was also a poet and - as his stories of mesmerism and time travel prove - a pioneer of science fiction. In this collection, probing to the depths of the human psyche, Poe's haunted genius will chill and enthral you.

  • Published: 15 December 2011
  • ISBN: 9780670919840
  • Imprint: Viking
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 1040
  • RRP: $65.00

About the author

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, USA, in 1809. Poe, short story writer, editor and critic, he is best known for his macabre tales and as the progenitor of the detective story. He died in 1849, in mysterious circumstances, at the age of forty.

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