{"product_id":"tales-and-poems-hardcover","title":"Tales and Poems - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdgar Allan Poe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesigned to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis companion volume to the \u003ci\u003eTales of Mystery and Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e contains Edgar Allan Poe's best-known poetry, and a selection of his very best stories (many of which originate in his 1840s \u003ci\u003eTales of the Grotesque and Arabesque\u003c\/i\u003e), along with his finest tales from the last decade of his tragically short life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMany of these stories and poems tell of the familiar Poe themes of murder, obsession and love, but this volume also contains many overlooked tales of the fantastic, black comedies, parodies and hoaxes, such as 'The Unparalleled Adventure of Hans Pfall', 'Mesmeric Revolution', 'Hop-Frog', and 'The Imp of the Perverse'. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith an afterword by David Pinching. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncluded in this edition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Tales\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMetzengerstein\u003cbr\u003eThe Visionary or the Assignation\u003cbr\u003eMorella\u003cbr\u003eKing Pest\u003cbr\u003eThe Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall\u003cbr\u003eBerenice\u003cbr\u003eMystification\u003cbr\u003eHow to Write a Blackwood Article\u003cbr\u003eA Predicament\u003cbr\u003eThe Man that was Used Up\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Wilson\u003cbr\u003eEleonora\u003cbr\u003eThe Island of the Fay\u003cbr\u003eThe Balloon Hoax\u003cbr\u003eThe System of Dr Tarr and Professor Fether\u003cbr\u003eMesmeric Revelation\u003cbr\u003eA Tale of the Ragged Mountains\u003cbr\u003eThe Spectacles\u003cbr\u003eThe Imp of the Perverse\u003cbr\u003eThe Sphinx\u003cbr\u003eThe Domain of Arnheim or The Landscape Garden\u003cbr\u003eVon Kempelen and His Discovery\u003cbr\u003eX-ing a Paragrab\u003cbr\u003eHop-Frog \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Poems\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Raven\u003cbr\u003eLenore\u003cbr\u003eHymn \u003cbr\u003eA Valentine\u003cbr\u003eThe Coliseum \u003cbr\u003eTo Helen \u003cbr\u003eTo -- \u003cbr\u003eUlalume\u003cbr\u003eThe Bells\u003cbr\u003eAn Enigma\u003cbr\u003eAnnabel Lee\u003cbr\u003eTo My Mother\u003cbr\u003eThe Haunted Palace\u003cbr\u003eThe Conqueror Worm\u003cbr\u003eTo Frances S. Osgood\u003cbr\u003eTo One in Paradise\u003cbr\u003eThe Valley of Unrest\u003cbr\u003eThe City in the Sea\u003cbr\u003eThe Sleeper\u003cbr\u003eSilence\u003cbr\u003eA Dream within a Dream\u003cbr\u003eDream-Land\u003cbr\u003eTo Zante\u003cbr\u003eEulalie\u003cbr\u003eEldorado\u003cbr\u003eIsrafel\u003cbr\u003eFor Annie\u003cbr\u003eTo -- \u003cbr\u003eBridal Ballad\u003cbr\u003eTo F--\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdgar Allan Poe was born in Boston in 1809. His parents, both touring actors, died before he was three. He was raised by John Allan, a prosperous Virginian merchant. Poe published his first volume of poetry while still a teenager. He worked as an editor for magazines in Philadelphia, Richmond and New York, and achieved respect as a literary critic. In 1836, he married his thirteen year-old cousin. It was only with the publication of \u003ci\u003eThe Raven and other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e in 1845 that he achieved national fame as a writer. Poe died in mysterious circumstances in 1849.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 6 x 3.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 11, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771802485024,"sku":"9781509826681","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/355c8e2c18c4855b4b042f4d19b4e649.webp?v=1780393925","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/tales-and-poems-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}