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The Penguin Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
The Penguin Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Nov 16, 2024 10:41 AM

Author:Edgar Allan Poe,Will Self

The Penguin Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

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.

Reviews

A master of the American short story

—— Philadelphia Enquirer

If anyone has better insight into women and their central problem - men - than Margaret Atwood, and can voice them with as much wit, impact and grace, then they haven't started writing yet

—— Daily Mail

Sophisticated, reticent, ornate, stark, supple, stiff, savage or forgiving...they are stories from the prime of life

—— Times Literary Supplement

An outstanding correspondent on the war between the sexes writes as wittily as ever on the hopes and shortcomings of women who bake for poets, sleep with their accountants, attribute their preference for awful men to fearlessness, and don't know how much they scare their own mothers

—— Observer

Mirroring ghosts, and doubles are all present in these haunting short stories by the celebrated Spanish author Javier Marías... Superb

—— Lesie McDowell , Independent on Sunday

It's a perfect book

—— Victoria Hislop , Easy Living

India's finest writer in English

—— Independent

She is one of the best English language novelists of modern times

—— Daily Telegraph

One of the greatest short story writers alive

—— Ben Rice

One of the most important writers alive... enchantingly witty

—— Clive James

Etgar Keret's extraordinary imagination sets the reader free from slogans and headlines

—— Linda Grant

One of the greatest short story writers alive

—— Ben Rice
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