Edgar Alan Poe 
Edgar Allan Poe The Works Vol 1 [EPUB ebook] 

Edgar Allan Poe The Works Vol.1 is a collection of 23 short stories by Edgar Allan Poe collected in this first volume and edited by Giancarlo Rossini with notes in the margins of each chapter. The titles are as follows: THE BLACK CAT THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF M. VALDEMAR THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE THE PURLOINED LETTER THE THOUSAND, AND, SECOND TALE OF SCHEHERAZADE A DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTRÖM VON KEMPELEN AND HIS DISCOVERY MESMERIC REVELATION THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER THE TELL-TALE HEARTH BERENICE ELEONORA WILLIAM WILSON THE DOMAIN OF ARNHEIM LANDOR’S COTTAGE THE PREMATURE BURIAL THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM THE ASSIGNATION SILENCE, A FABLE THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH THE IMP OF THE PERVERSE THE ISLAND OF THE FAY From WIKIPEDIA The works of American author Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) include many poems, short stories, and one novel. 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, a literary reaction to Transcendentalism. Poe’s writing reflects his literary theories: he disagreed with didacticism and allegory. Meaning in literature, he said in his criticism, should be an undercurrent just beneath the surface; works whose meanings are too obvious cease to be art. Poe pursued originality in his works, and disliked proverbs. He often included elements of popular pseudosciences such as phrenology and physiognomy. 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 masterly practitioner of Gothic fiction, Poe did not invent the genre; he was following a long-standing popular tradition.