Books with title The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume IV: By Edgar Allan Poe

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The Shelf2Life Literature and Fiction Collection is a unique set of short stories, poems and novels from the late 19th to early 20th centuries. From tales of love, life and heartbreaking loss to humorous stories of ghost encounters, these volumes captivate the imaginations of readers young and old. Included in this collection are a variety of dramatic and spirited poems that contemplate the mysteries of life and celebrate the wild beauty of nature. The Shelf2Life Literature and Fiction Collection provides readers with an opportunity to enjoy and study these iconic literary works, many of which were written during a period of remarkable creativity.

EVERYBODY knows, in a general way, that the finest place in the world is--or, alas, was the Dutch borough of Vondervotteimittiss. Yet, as it lies some distance from many of the main roads, being in a somewhat out-of-the-way situation, there are, perhaps, very few of my readers who have ever paid it a visit. For the benefit of those who have not, therefore, it will be only proper that I should enter into some account of it. And this is, indeed, the more necessary, as with the hope of enlisting public sympathy in behalf of the inhabitants, I design here to give a history of the calamitous events which have so lately occurred within its limits. No one who knows me will doubt that the duty thus selfimposed will be executed to the best of my ability, with all that rigid impartiality, all that cautious examination into facts, and diligent collation of authorities, which should ever distinguish him who aspires to the title of historian. By the united aid of medals, manuscrTable of Contents CONTENTS; THE DEVIL IN THE llELFRY; LIONIZING ; X-ING A PARAGRAB •; METZENGERSTEI N; THE SYSTEM OF DOCTOR TARR AND PROFESSOR; FETHER 49; THE LITERARY LIFE OF THINGUM BOB, ESQ 76; HOW TO WRITE A BLACKWOOD ARTICLE 107; A PREDICAMENT • 122; MYSTIFICATION • 136; DIDDLING; THE ANGEL OF THE ODD; MELLONTA TAUTA • ; 149; 165; ISo; THE Due DE L'OMELETIE • 201; THE OBLONG BOX • 207; LOSS OF nREATH • 225; THE MAN THAT WAS USED UP 244; THE BUSINESS MAN 259; THE LANDSCAPE GARDEN 273; MAELZEL'S CHESS-PLAYER 287; THE POWER OF WORDS 324; THE COLLOQUY OF MONAS AND UNA • • 330; THE CONVERSATION OF EIROS AND CHARMION 344; SHADQW-A PARABLE 353About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to re

Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 - October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short-story writer, editor and literary critic, and is considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.Born as Edgar Poe in Boston, Massachusetts, Poe's parents died when he was young. Poe was taken in by John and Frances Allan, of Richmond, Virginia, but they never formally adopted him. After spending a short period at the University of Virginia and briefly attempting a military career, Poe and the Allans parted ways. Poe's publishing career began humbly, with an anonymous collection of poems, Tamerlane and Other Poems (1827), credited only to "a Bostonian".Poe switched his focus to prose and spent the next several years working for literary journals and periodicals, becoming known for his own style of literary criticism. His work forced him to move between several cities, including Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and New York City. In Baltimore in 1835, he married Virginia Clemm, his 13-year-old cousin. In January 1845, Poe published his poem "The Raven" to instant success. His wife died of tuberculosis two years later. He began planning to produce his own journal, The Penn (later renamed The Stylus), though he died before it could be produced. On October 7, 1849, at age 40, Poe died in Baltimore; the cause of his death is unknown and has been attributed to alcohol, brain congestion, cholera, drugs, heart disease, rabies, suicide, tubercul