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Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe (1809 – 1849) was an American poet and short story writer. Best known for his tales of the macabre, Poe was one of the early American practitioners of the short story and of detective and crime fiction. He is also credited with contributing to the emergent science fiction genre.

Works available on Lit2Go:

• "A Descent into the Maelstrom"
• "Silence, a Fable"
• "The Cask of Amontillado"
• "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar"
• "The Fall of the House of Usher"
• "The Imp of the Perverse"
• "The Island of the Fay"
• "The Masque of the Red Death"
• "The Pit and the Pendulum"
• "The Purloined Letter"
• "The Raven"
• "The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade"
• "To Science"
• "Von Kempelen and His Discovery"

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