Selected Writings of Edgar Allan Poe

About this book

17 stories: Metzengerstein -- Assignation Ligeia -- Fall of the House of Usher William Wilson The man of the crowd -- The murders in the Rue Morgue -- The oval portrait -- Masque of the Red Death Pit and the Pendulum Tell-tale Heart Black Cat Purloined Letter The imp of the perverse -- Cask of Amontillado Hop-frog -- The narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket -- 32 poems: Tamerlane -- Song ("I saw thee on thy bridal day") -- A dream within a dream -- The happiest day, the happiest hour -- Sonnet: To science -- Al Aaraaf -- Romance -- Fairy-land -- To Helen -- Lenore -- Israfel -- The city in the sea -- The sleeper -- The valley of unrest -- The coliseum -- To one in paradise -- The haunted palace -- Sonnet: Silence -- The conqueror worm -- Dream-land -- Raven Ulalume -- For Annie -- Eldorado -- Annabel Lee The bells -- O, Tempora! O, Mores! -- Alone -- Imitation (The first or 1827 version of "A dream within a dream") -- To --- --- (The second or 1829 version of "A dream within a dream") -- A pæan (The first or 1831 version of "Lenore") -- Lenore (Intermediate or 1843 version) -- Essays/Criticism Letter to B--- -- Norman Leslie (excerpts) -- Drake-Halleck (excerpts) -- Night and morning (excerpts) -- Exordium -- Ballads and other poems (excerpts) -- Twice told tales -- The characters of Shakespeare -- Preface to The raven and other poems -- The philosophy of composition -- The poetic principle.