New Releases by Edgar Allan Poe

This magnificently decorated edition features Poe''s complete poems plus his most important critical essays on the form. Poe''s dark obsessions find a perfect match in W. Heath Robinson''s haunting illustrations.

How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About MS. Found in a Bottle by Edgar Allan Poe "MS. Found in a Bottle" is an 1833 short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The plot follows an unnamed narrator at sea who finds himself in a series of harrowing circumstances. As he nears his own disastrous death while his ship drives ever southward, he writes an "MS.", or manuscript, telling of his adventures which he casts into the sea. Some critics believe the story was meant as a satire of typical sea tales. Poe submitted "MS. Found in a Bottle" as one of many entries to a writing contest offered by the weekly Baltimore Saturday Visiter. Each of the stories was well liked by the judges but they unanimously chose "MS. Found in a Bottle" as the contest''s winner, earning Poe a $50 prize.

How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq. by Edgar Allan Poe The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq. was written in the year 1844 by Edgar Allan Poe. This book is one of the most popular novels of Edgar Allan Poe, and has been translated into several other languages around the world. Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 1809. In 1827, he enlisted in the United States Army and his first collection of poems, Tamerlane and Other Poems, was published. In 1835, he became the editor of the Southern Literary Messenger. Over the next ten years, Poe would edit a number of literary journals including the Burton''s Gentleman''s Magazine and Graham''s Magazine in Philadelphia and the Broadway Journal in New York City. It was during these years that he established himself as a poet, a short story writer, and an editor. His works include The Fall of the House of Usher, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Mystery of Marie Roget, A Descent into the Maelstrom, The Masque of the Red Death, and The Raven. He struggle with depression and alcoholism his entire life and died on October 7, 1849 at the age of 40.

How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About The Mystery of Marie Rogêt by Edgar Allan Poe "The Mystery of Marie Roget", often is a story by Edgar Allan Poe written in 1842. This is the first murder mystery based on the details of a real crime. Plot Summary: Poe''s detective character C. Auguste Dupin and his sidekick the unnamed narrator undertake the unsolved murder of Marie Roget in Paris. The body of Roget, a perfume shop employee, is found in the Seine River and the press takes a keen interest in the mystery. Dupin remarks that the newspapers "create a sensation, (rather) than to further the cause of truth". Even so, he uses the newspaper reports to get into the mind of the murderer. Dupin uses his skills of ratiocination to determine that a single murderer was involved who dragged her by the cloth belt around her waist at first, then switching to a cloth around her neck, before dumping her body off a boat into the river. Finding the boat, Dupin suggests, will lead the police to the murderer.

This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘The Raven and Other Poems by Edgar Allan Poe - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe’. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Poe includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily. eBook features: * The complete unabridged text of ‘The Raven and Other Poems by Edgar Allan Poe - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Poe’s works * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook * Excellent formatting of the textPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to learn more about our wide range of titles

This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘Tamerlane and Other Poems by Edgar Allan Poe - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe’. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Poe includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily. eBook features: * The complete unabridged text of ‘Tamerlane and Other Poems by Edgar Allan Poe - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Poe’s works * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook * Excellent formatting of the textPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to learn more about our wide range of titles

This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems by Edgar Allan Poe - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe’. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Poe includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily. eBook features: * The complete unabridged text of ‘Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems by Edgar Allan Poe - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Poe’s works * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook * Excellent formatting of the textPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to learn more about our wide range of titles

This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe’. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Poe includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily. eBook features: * The complete unabridged text of ‘The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Poe’s works * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook * Excellent formatting of the textPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to learn more about our wide range of titles

How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About The Balloon-Hoax by Edgar Allan Poe "The Balloon-Hoax" is a collection of anthologies written by Edgar Allan Poe. Originally presented as a true story, it detailed European Monck Mason''s trip across the Atlantic Ocean in only three days in a gas balloon. The story now known as "The Balloon-Hoax" was first printed in The Sun newspaper in New York. The article provided a detailed and highly plausible account of a lighter-than-air balloon trip by famous European balloonist Monck Mason across the Atlantic Ocean taking 75 hours, along with a diagram and specifications of the craft. Poe may have been inspired, at least in part, by a prior journalistic hoax known as the "Great Moon Hoax", published in the same newspaper in 1835. One of the suspected writers of that hoax, Richard Adams Locke, was Poe''s editor at the time "The Balloon-Hoax" was published. Poe had complained for a decade that the paper''s Great Moon Hoax had plagiarized (by way of Locke) the basic idea from "The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall", one of Poe''s less successful stories which also involved similar inhabitants on the moon. Poe felt The Sun had made tremendous profits from his story without giving him a cent.

How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Formatted for e-reader Illustrated About The Domain of Arnheim by Edgar Allan Poe The Domain of Arnheim was written in the year 1846 by Edgar Allan Poe. This book is one of the most popular novels of Edgar Allan Poe, and has been translated into several other languages around the world. It is actually one of Poe''s most profound and beautiful works, and one of the very few where we are given a glimpse into his true inner self. On the surface, "The Domain of Arnheim" is a tale of a fantastically wealthy man the unnamed narrator calls only "Ellison," who desires to express "the true character, the august aims, the supreme majesty and dignity of the poetic sentiment." He achieves his goal through creating "Arnheim," a castle and landscape-garden of supreme loveliness. As Ellison says, man can''t affect the "general condition of man," but must be "thrown back...upon self." The first half of the story is a discussion of Ellison''s philosophies about man and nature, the second a detailed description of Arnheim itself.

Why buy our paperbacks? Standard Font size of 10 for all books High Quality Paper Fulfilled by Amazon Expedited shipping 30 Days Money Back Guarantee BEWARE of Low-quality sellers Don''t buy cheap paperbacks just to save a few dollars. Most of them use low-quality papers & binding. Their pages fall off easily. Some of them even use very small font size of 6 or less to increase their profit margin. It makes their books completely unreadable. How is this book unique? Unabridged (100% Original content) Font adjustments & biography included Illustrated About The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe The Purloined Letter" is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe. It is the third of his three detective stories featuring the fictional C. Auguste Dupin, the other two being "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Mystery of Marie Rog�t". These stories are considered to be important early forerunners of the modern detective story. It first appeared in the literary annual The Gift for 1845 (1844) and was soon reprinted in numerous journals and newspapers.

Edgar Allan Poe''s only novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket is a pivotal work in which Poe calls attention to the act of writing and to the problem of representing the truth. It is an archetypal American story of escape from domesticity tracing a young man''s rite of passage through a series of terrible brushes with death during a fateful sea voyage. This rousing sea adventure follows a New England boy, Pym, who stows away on a whaling ship with its captain''s son, Augustus. The two boys, who find themselves repeatedly on the brink of discovery or death, witness many hair-raising events, including mutiny, savagery, cannibalism, and frantic pursuits. An unusually restrained Edgar Allan Poe strips away his more poetic tendencies as well as his luscious prose in this story, his only novel. The result is an adventure that is grim, Grim, GRIM... and so ends up feeling much like Poe after all, despite the shift in style.

Imprisoned and condemned to death by the Spanish Inquisition, an unnamed man is cruelly tortured by his captors even as an enemy army encircles the city.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 Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe from Coterie Classics All Coterie Classics have been formatted for ereaders and devices and include a bonus link to the free audio book. “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door — Only this, and nothing more." ― Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven This collection from the master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe, is sure to scare and delight readers.

This book contains Edgar Allen Poe’s 1844 short story, "Thou Art the Man”. One of Poe’s early attempts at detective fiction, the story revolves around the murder of the wealthy Barnabas Shuttleworthy and the accusation of his nephew and heir. An absent corpse, a mysterious shipment of wine, and a cunning plot by the shady narrator align to exonerate the innocent and illuminate the guilty. "Thou Art the Man” is highly recommended for lovers of detective fiction, and constitutes a must-read for fans of Poe’s macabre work. Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was an American author, editor, poet, and critic. Most famous for his stories of mystery and horror, he was one of the first American short story writers, and is widely considered to be the inventor of the detective fiction genre. Many antiquarian books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing "Thou Art the Man” now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

This book contains: The black cat The man of the crowd The power of words The oval portrait The masque of the red death The facts in the M. Valdemar''s case The oblong box The devil in the belfry The purloined letter A descent into the Maesltrom"

This collection of sixteen short stories includes some of Edgar Allan Poe''s most boundary-pushing and blood-chilling work. Selections range from "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," which launched the detective mystery genre, to "The Tell-Tale Heart," a Gothic classic about a murderer''s overwhelming guilt. Discover tales of creatures that return from the dead, ghastly diseases that claim their victims within half an hour, and secret messages that lead to buried treasure. This curated compilation contains unabridged versions of the American author''s finest tales; the short stories were originally published between 1832 and 1849.

''Presently I heard a slight groan, and I knew it was a groan of mortal terror ... the low stifled sound that arises from the bottom of the soul.'' Stories about murder, mystery and madness, portraying the author''s feverish imagination at its creative height. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin''s 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849). Poe''s works available in Penguin Classics are The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings, The Masque of the Red Death, The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Tales, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Portable Edgar Allan Poe and The Science Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe.

All the short stories by Edgar Allan Poe collected in one volume.

After the death of the beautiful Annabel Lee, a young man contemplates their love story—the passionate love in their youth, and the love that continues even after her passing. Despite the fact that his first published works were books of poetry, during his lifetime Edgar Allan Poe was recognized more for his literary criticism and prose than his poetry. However, Poe’s poetic works have since become as well-known as his famous stories, and reflect similar themes of mystery and the macabre. “Annabel Lee” was the last complete poem composed by Poe, and was most likely inspired by his wife, Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

The Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe is the next edition in the Knickerbocker Classic series, featuring works from the famous gothic American writer. His works span from 1827 to his death in 1849. His often macabre and dark works included "The Raven," "The Black Cat," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and "Annabelle Lee." For Poe fans worldwide, this stunning gift edition has a full cloth binding, foil blocking on the spine, ribbon marker, and is packaged neatly in an elegant slipcase. The Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe contains every known Poe tale ever written, this deluxe edition boasts the entire Poe catalogue.

As Volume IX of a ten volume collection by Edgar Allan Poe, this work is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It contains a collection of his essays on philosophy. This is a fascinating work and thoroughly recommended for any fans of American literature. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is sometimes considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. His fiction spans multiple genres, including horror fiction, adventure, science fiction, and detective fiction, a genre he is credited with inventing. These works are generally considered part of the Dark romanticism movement. His most recurring themes deal with questions of death, including its physical signs, the effects of decomposition, concerns of premature burial, the reanimation of the dead, and mourning. Though known as a masterful practitioner of Gothic fiction, Poe did not invent the genre; he was following a long-standing popular tradition. This ebook edition "The Complete Stories of Edgar Allan Poe" includes all known stories of Edgar Allan Poe with a functional table of contents: The Bargain Lost (1831), Loss of Breath (1831), A Dream (1831), The Duc de L’Omelette (1831), Metzengerstein (1831), A Tale of Jerusalem (1831), The Assignation (1833), Four Beasts in One (1833), Manuscript Found in a Bottle (1833), A Parable (1833), Silence — A Fable (1833), Berenice (1835), Bon-Bon (1835), King Pest (1835), Lionizing (1835), Morella (1835), The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaal (1835), Mystification (1837), Why the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling (1837), How to Write a Blackwood Article (1838), Ligeia (1838), The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion (1839), The Devil in the Belfry (1839), The Fall of the House of Usher (1839), The Man That Was Used Up (1839), William Wilson (1839), The Journal of Julius Rodman (1839-1840), The Business Man (1840), Lionizing (1835), The Man of the Crowd (1840), The Colloquy of Monos and Una (1841), A Descent into the Maelström (1841), Eleonora (1841), The Island of the Fay (1841), The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841), Never Bet the Devil Your Head (1841), Three Sundays in a Week (1841), The Black Cat (1842), The Domain of Arnheim (1842), The Masque of the Red Death (1842), The Oval Portrait (1842), The Pit and the Pendulum (1842), The Tell-Tale Heart (1842), Diddling Considered as One of the Exact Sciences (1843), The Gold-Bug (1843), The Angel of the Odd (1844), The Balloon-Hoax (1844), The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq. (1844), Mesmeric Revelation (1844), The Oblong Box (1844), The Purloined Letter (1844), The Premature Burial (1844), Some Words with a Mummy (1844), The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether (1844), A Tale of the Ragged Mountains (1844), The Spectacles (1844), Thou Art the Man (1844), The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade (1844), The Imp of the Perverse (1845), The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar (1845), The Power of Words (1845), The Sphinx (1845), The Cask of Amontillado (1846), Landor’s Cottage (1848), Mellonta Tauta (1848), Von Kempelen and His Discovery (1849), The Mystery of Marie Roget (1842-1843). Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is sometimes considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. His fiction spans multiple genres, including horror fiction, adventure, science fiction, and detective fiction, a genre he is credited with inventing. These works are generally considered part of the Dark romanticism movement. His most recurring themes deal with questions of death, including its physical signs, the effects of decomposition, concerns of premature burial, the reanimation of the dead, and mourning. Though known as a masterful practitioner of Gothic fiction, Poe did not invent the genre; he was following a long-standing popular tradition. This ebook edition "The Complete Stories of Edgar Allan Poe" includes all known stories of Edgar Allan Poe with a functional table of contents: The Bargain Lost (1831), Loss of Breath (1831), A Dream (1831), The Duc de L’Omelette (1831), Metzengerstein (1831), A Tale of Jerusalem (1831), The Assignation (1833), Four Beasts in One (1833), Manuscript Found in a Bottle (1833), A Parable (1833), Silence — A Fable (1833), Berenice (1835), Bon-Bon (1835), King Pest (1835), Lionizing (1835), Morella (1835), The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaal (1835), Mystification (1837), Why the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling (1837), How to Write a Blackwood Article (1838), Ligeia (1838), The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion (1839), The Devil in the Belfry (1839), The Fall of the House of Usher (1839), The Man That Was Used Up (1839), William Wilson (1839), The Journal of Julius Rodman (1839-1840), The Business Man (1840), Lionizing (1835), The Man of the Crowd (1840), The Colloquy of Monos and Una (1841), A Descent into the Maelström (1841), Eleonora (1841), The Island of the Fay (1841), The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841), Never Bet the Devil Your Head (1841), Three Sundays in a Week (1841), The Black Cat (1842), The Domain of Arnheim (1842), The Masque of the Red Death (1842), The Oval Portrait (1842), The Pit and the Pendulum (1842), The Tell-Tale Heart (1842), Diddling Considered as One of the Exact Sciences (1843), The Gold-Bug (1843), The Angel of the Odd (1844), The Balloon-Hoax (1844), The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq. (1844), Mesmeric Revelation (1844), The Oblong Box (1844), The Purloined Letter (1844), The Premature Burial (1844), Some Words with a Mummy (1844), The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether (1844), A Tale of the Ragged Mountains (1844), The Spectacles (1844), Thou Art the Man (1844), The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade (1844), The Imp of the Perverse (1845), The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar (1845), The Power of Words (1845), The Sphinx (1845), The Cask of Amontillado (1846), Landor’s Cottage (1848), Mellonta Tauta (1848), Von Kempelen and His Discovery (1849), The Mystery of Marie Roget (1842-1843).

This antiquarian volume contains Edgar Allen Poe’s 1839 short story, "William Wilson". Inspired by his time spent living in the suburbs of London, Poe’s uncanny story tells the tale of William Wilson and his doppelgänger. The two boys look and move similarly, and when one leaves school, the other does the same. The only difference between the two is their moral code, a disparity that eventually leads to a fatal incident in later life. Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was an American author, editor, poet, and critic. Most famous for his stories of mystery and horror, he was one of the first American short story writers, and is widely considered to be the inventor of the detective fiction genre. Many antiquarian books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

Edgar Allan Poe’s stories and poems are among the most haunting and indelible in American literature, but critics for decades persisted in seeing Poe as an anomaly, or even an anachronism. His works, with their bizarrely motivated characters and mysterious settings, did not seem to be a part of the literature of early nineteenth-century America. Critics realize now, though, that Poe was even more a part of the contemporary American literary scene than many of his more “nationalistic” peers, and that in much of his work Poe was making commentaries on slavery and Southern social attitudes, technology, the urban landscape, political economy, and other subjects. This Broadview Edition includes a selection of Poe’s poems, tales, and sketches in such diverse modes of writing as tales of the supernatural and psychic conflict, satires and hoaxes, science fiction and detective fiction, and nonfiction essays on literary and social topics. These are supplemented by a selection of contextual documents—newspaper and magazine articles, treatises, and other historical texts—that will help readers understand the social, literary, and intellectual milieus in which Poe wrote.

With an essay by D. H. Lawrence. ''... an agility astounding, a strength superhuman, a ferocity brutal, a butchery without motive, a grotesquerie in horror absolutely alien from humanity...'' Horror, madness, violence and the dark forces hidden in humanity abound in this collection of Poe''s brilliant tales, including - among others - the bloody, brutal and baffling murder of a mother and daughter in Paris in ''The Murders in the Rue Morgue'', the creeping insanity of ''The Tell-Tale Heart'', the Gothic nightmare of ''The Masque of the Red Death'', and the terrible doom of ''The Fall of the House of Usher''. The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.

Today, Edgar Allan Poe is best known for his rather macabre Gothic writings, but during his lifetime, he was a respected literary critic who, on the side, wrote brilliant short stories and poetry, and developed the modern detective/mystery genre. Countless authors -- and mystery fans -- owe Poe a great debt for his contributions to American literature. Canterbury Classics is proud to present the stories and collected works of Edgar Allan Poe in this handsome, leather-bound volume. Fans will discover some of his most famous works, including "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Purloined Letter," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and "The Pit and the Pendulum," as well as some of his notable poems, including "The Raven" and "Lenore." These masterpieces get the royal treatment, and are printed on high quality ivory paper with gilded edges.

Todos los relatos ordenados cronológicamente por primera vez en castellano. Con Poe nacería el terror como género, fruto de sus obsesiones y de su corta vida errante. Transmutó el gótico alemán utilizando las claves del Romanticismo, anticipándose un siglo a los miedos y a los deseos más íntimos del hombre moderno. Las maldiciones ancestrales, las fuerzas ingentes y desatadas de la naturaleza, son elementos con los que el autor tratará de contagiar al lector para enfrentarlo al pavor de sus miedos más profundos. Edgar Allan Poe nos lega una obra inmortal, catálogo de sus propios terrores, pero muestra, además, el fino hilo que separa la realidad de la locura.

UPON my return to the United States a few months ago, after the extraordinary series of adventure in the South Seas and elsewhere, of which an account is given in the following pages, accident threw me into the society of several gentlemen in Richmond, Va., who felt deep interest in all matters relating to the regions I had visited, and who were constantly urging it upon me, as a duty, to give my narrative to the public. I had several reasons, however, for declining to do so, some of which were of a nature altogether private, and concern no person but myself, others not so much so. One consideration which deterred me was, that, having kept no journal during a greater portion of the time in which I was absent, I feared I should not be able to write, from mere memory, a statement so minute and connected as to have the appearance of that truth it would really possess, barring only the natural and unavoidable exaggeration to which all of us are prone when detailing events which have had powerful influence in exciting the imaginative faculties. Another reason was, that the incidents to be narrated were of a nature so positively marvellous, that, unsupported as my assertions must necessarily be (except by the evidence of a single individual, and he a half-breed Indian), I could only hope for belief among my family, and those of my friends who have had reason, through life, to put faith in my veracity- the probability being that the public at large would regard what I should put forth as merely an impudent and ingenious fiction. A distrust in my own abilities as a writer was, never- theless, one of the principal causes which prevented me from complying with the suggestion of my advisers.