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Baltimore, 1849. The body of Edgar Allan Poe has been buried in an unmarked grave. The public, the press, and even Poe's own family and friends accept the conclusion that Poe was a second-rate writer who met a disgraceful end as a drunkard. Everyone, in fact, seems to believe this except a young Baltimore lawyer named Quentin Clark, an ardent admirer who puts his own career and reputation at risk in a passionate crusade to salvage Poe's.
3) Mrs. Poe
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Inspired by literature's most haunting love triangle, award-winning author Lynn Cullen delivers a pitch-perfect rendering of Edgar Allan Poe, his mistress's tantalizing confession, and his wife's frightening obsession. 1845: New York City is a sprawling warren of gaslit streets and crowded avenues, bustling with new immigrants and old money, optimism and opportunity, poverty and crime. Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" is all the rage -- success greater...
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This 1921 critical study seeks to rescue Poe from his reputation as a creepy eccentric, "to suggest his humanity and his sanity." Including a brief biography, the author considers Poe the man alongside his world reputation, as well as Poe the critic, poet, and writer of short stories and hybrid fiction-essays like "Shadow-A Parable."
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Misadventures of Edgar & Allan Poe volume 1
Misadventures of Edgar and Allan Poe volume Book 1
Misadventures of Edgar and Allan Poe volume 1
Misadventures of Edgar and Allan Poe volume Book 1
Misadventures of Edgar and Allan Poe volume 1
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"Edgar and Allan, the great-great-great-great-grandnephews of the famed writer Edgar Allan Poe, discover that they are entrapped in a nefarious plot that has been going on since their birth"--
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In this 1910 volume, Ransome examines the life and work of Edgar Allan Poe, in an attempt to "separate truth from tradition." Ransome's careful analysis of Poe's life, work, and thought processes support his view that Poe's tales and poetry were merely by-products of his unfinished search for a philosophy of life. An evocative portrait of a pioneering writer.
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Renowned poet Charles Baudelaire played a significant role in introducing Edgar Allan Poe to French readers by publishing widely read criticisms and translations of Poe's writings. The two writers shared an appreciation for the exotic, a taste for morbid subjects, and a devotion to artistic purity. Baudelaire immersed himself in the study of English for the express purpose of doing justice to Poe's works, and his translations established his reputation...
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Forgers volume 2
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"When a scream shatters the summer night outside their country house in the Hudson Valley, reformed literary forger Will and his wife Meghan find their daughter Maisie shaken and bloodied, holding a parcel her attacker demanded she present to her father. Inside is a literary rarity the likes of which few have ever handled, and a letter laying out impossible demands regarding its future. After twenty years of living life on the straight and narrow,...
10) The raven's tale
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Seventeen-year-old Edgar Poe's plans to escape his foster family, begin classes at the prestigious new university, and marry his beloved Elmira Royster go awry when a macabre Muse appears with a request.
11) The raven
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A book version of Lou Reed's musical POEtry (2000), and CD The Raven (2003), inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's poems and stories, with illustrations by Lorenzo Mattotti.
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This biography of Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), a giant of American literature who invented both the horror and detective genres, is a portrait of extremes: a disinherited heir, a brilliant but exploited author and editor, a man who veered radically from temperance to rampant debauchery, and an agnostic who sought a return to religion at the end of his life. Acclaimed biographer Jeffrey Meyers explores the writer's turbulent life and career, including...
15) Pym: a novel
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A comic journey into the ultimate land of whiteness by an unlikely band of African American adventurers. Jaynes is obsessed with Edgar Allan Poe's only novel ; when he discovers a crude slave narrative that seems to confirm the reality of Poe's fiction, he resolves to seek out Tsalal, imagining it to be a key to his personal salvation.
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Edgar Allan Poe's ‘Complete Poetical Works' is an elegant edition boasting the entire Poe catalog. It features works from the famous gothic American writer. His works span the years from 1827 to his death in 1849.
This treasure book collects all of Poe's poetry in a single volume, some of the most evocative poetry in the English language.
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"Summer, 1849. When Edgar Allan Poe travels to Paris to help his dear friend hunt down the elusive criminal who bought the Dupin family to ruin during the French Revolution, the sleuthing duo are engaged by the prefect of police to recover the stolen letter of an infamous Parisian salonniére. Is the thief one of the French literary greats who attend her salons, or might it be Dupin's own enemy who is scheming to become the Emperor of France? Poe...
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Reencuentros volume 46
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Audiolibro narrado en castellano. Edgar Allan Poe escribe este relato corto, gótico y melancólico publicado por primera vez en la revista Burton's Gentleman's Magazine 1839. Dos jóvenes se conocen desde la adolescencia, el narrador y Roderick Usher artista enfermizo y excéntrico; escribe a su amigo solicitando su necesaria presencia. Una alegoría a la muerte, personaje invitado y a la enfermedad; lugares fríos, oscuros y siniestros.
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