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Edgar Allan Poe was an American poet, short story writer, playwright, editor, critic, essayist and one of the leaders of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of the macabre and mystery, Poe was one of the early American practitioners of the short story and... Read Full Overview

Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque is a collection of previously-published short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1840.

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Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, the companion volume to Poe

Tales of the Grotesque & Arabesque is Edgar Allan Poe's first published collection of short stories. It contains some of his most celebrated works, such as The Fall of the House of Usher, MS. Found in a Bottle and Berenice, as well as some of his most obscure and hilarious stories,... Read Full Overview

Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque is a collection of previously-published short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1840.

When its publication was announced in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine, its one-line description said that its title "pretty well indicates their stories'] character". There has been some debate, however, over the meaning of Poe's terms "Grotesque" and "Arabesque". Poe probably... Read Full Overview

Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque is a collection of previously-published short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1840.

Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque is a collection of previously published short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1840

From the mysterious marriage in "Morella", to the satirical and secretive vistas of "The Man That Was Used Up", or the depressed Roderick Usher, the reader is facing the first volume of E. A. Poe's tales. Teeming with melancholy and vampirism, verging on the sanity's uttermost... Read Full Overview