Edgar Allan Poe was one of the most original writers in the history of American letters, a genius who was tragically misunderstood in his lifetime. He was a seminal figure in the development of science fiction and the detective story, and exerted a great influence on Dostoyevsky, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jules Verne, and Charles Baudelaire, who championed him long before Poe was appreciated in his own country. Baudelaire's enthusiasm brought Poe a wide audience in Europe, and his writing came to have enormous importance for modern French literature. This edition includes his most well-known works--"The Raven," "The Pit and the Pendulum," "Annabel Lee," "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"--as well as less-familiar stories, poems, and essays.
- ISBN10 0679600078
- ISBN13 9780679600077
- Publish Date 5 September 1992
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 11 October 2023
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Random House USA Inc
- Imprint Modern Library Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 1040
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780679600077