Poe

19 primary works

The Unparalleled Adventures of One Hans Pfaal

by Edgar Allan Poe

Published 23 October 2012

The Gold Bug

by Edgar Allan Poe

Published 1 December 1962

'Dat gold bug was a vicious bug. Massa caught it first but it bit him. I think da bite has made Massa poorly. It has affected him in da head.' William Legrand has found a new type of bug, a golden bug, unusually heavy. His servant, Jupiter, is worried. Why is Legrand behaving so oddly? Has the bug's bite made him mad? When Legrand shows his friend a drawing of the gold bug, it looks more like a skull. What can this mean? The arrival of the gold bug leads the three men on an exciting adventure towards skeletons, a skull and a hunt for buried treasure. Should we believe Jupiter's superstitious fears, or is there a more logical explanation of events? If there is, can you, the reader, discover it?

Real Reads are accessible texts designed to support the literacy development of primary and lower secondary age children while introducing them to the riches of our international literary heritage. Each book is a retelling of a work of great literature from one of the world's greatest cultures, fitted into a 64-page book, making classic stories, dramas and histories available to intelligent young readers as a bridge to the full texts, to language students wanting access to other cultures, and to adult readers who are unlikely ever to read the original versions.

The Gold-Bug Four Beasts in One-The Homo-Cameleopard

by Edgar Allan Poe

Published 19 September 2018

Les Contes. Edgar Allan Poe

by Edgar Allan Poe

Published 11 April 2020

Cuentos. Edgar Allan Poe

by Edgar Allan Poe

Published 8 October 2016

Tales. Edgar Allan Poe

by Edgar Allan Poe

Published 23 March 2020

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

by Edgar Allan Poe

Published 1 April 1841

Collected in these two volumes are Poe's legendary tales of terror that attest to his stylistic brilliance in evoking an atmosphere of gloom and obsession. Creatures, eyes, coffins, walls--all are symbols in Poe's efforts to create an aura of evil. What reader would not share the anxiety of the traveler in The Fall of the House of Usher, who upon his first glimpse of the house, finds an -insufferable gloom pervading my spirit...an utter depression of the soul...an iciness, a sinking, a sickening of the heart-? In volume 2 his nightmarish visions take us down untraveled paths revealing the dark side of the human experience.

The Mystery of Marie Roget

by Edgar Allan Poe

Published 8 August 2000

When the body of Marie Roget is found in the Seine River, detective C. Auguste Dupin uses his superior deductive skills to discover the identity of the murderer. "The Mystery of Marie Roget" is based in part on the actual murder of Mary Cecilia Rogers in New York in the mid-nineteenth century, and is believed to be the first example of real-life crime used as a foundation for fictional narrative. A pioneer of the short story genre, Poe's stories typically captured themes of the macabre and included elements of the mysterious. His better-known stories include "The Fall of the House of Usher", "The Pit and the Pendulum", "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", "The Masque of the Red Death" and "The Tell-Tale Heart".

The Balloon-Hoax

by Edgar Allan Poe

Published 8 August 2000

The Balloon-Hoax / Ms. Found in a Bottle / The Oval Portrait

by Edgar Allan Poe

Published 19 September 2018

The Purloined Letter

by Edgar Allan Poe

Published 1 December 1844

The brilliant Dupin uses psychological reasoning to deduce the hiding place of a stolen letter.

The Purloined Letter / Von Kempelen and His Discovery / Mesmeric Revelation

by Edgar Allan Poe

Published 19 September 2018

The Thousand-And-Second Tale of Scheherazade/A Descent Into the Maelström.

by Edgar Allan Poe

Published 19 September 2018

Gordon Pym

by Edgar Allan Poe

Published 19 September 2018

THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER/The Facts In The Case Of M. Valdemar/The Black Cat

by Edgar Allan Poe

Published 19 September 2018

Five Short Stories

by Edgar Allan Poe

Published 20 September 2018

The Assignation / The Pit and the Pendulum

by Edgar Allan Poe

Published 20 September 2018

The Premature Burial the Domain of Arnheim

by Edgar Allan Poe

Published 20 September 2018

Berenice

by Edgar Allan Poe

Published 8 August 2000