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1 EDGAR ALLAN POE

2 ·BIOGRAPHY· Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor and literary critic, and is considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the terror storys. He was born as Edgar Poe in Boston, Massachusetts; his parents died when he was young. Poe was taken in by John and Frances Allan, of Richmond, Virginia, but they never formally adopted him. He started his literary course with his first novel, Tamerland and other poems (1827).

3 ·THE BEST TALES· "The Black Cat" "The Cask of Amontillado"
"A Descent into the Maelstrom" "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" "The Fall of the House of Usher" "The Gold-Bug" "Ligeia" "The Masque of the Red Death" "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" "The Oval Portrait" "The Pit and the Pendulum" "The Premature Burial" "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether" "The Tell-Tale Heart"


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