Tales by Edgar Allan Poe

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Tales by Edgar Allan Poe is a collection of Poe’s short stories that showcases his pioneering work in Gothic fiction, psychological horror, and early detective literature.

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instanceOf book
short story collection
author Edgar Allan Poe
basedOnWorksBy Edgar Allan Poe
containsWork A Descent into the Maelström
Ligeia
The Black Cat
The Cask of Amontillado
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Gold-Bug
The Masque of the Red Death
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Oval Portrait
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Premature Burial
The Purloined Letter
The Tell-Tale Heart
William Wilson
countryOfOrigin United States
genre Gothic fiction
detective fiction
psychological horror
hasInfluenced Gothic literature
detective fiction genre
modern horror fiction
hasMainCharacterType unreliable narrator
hasMainTheme death
guilt
madness
terror
the supernatural
language English
literaryMovement Romanticism
literarySubmovement Dark Romanticism
linked to: Gothic literature
narrativeForm short prose fiction
notableFor early detective literature
early psychological horror
pioneering Gothic short fiction
originalMedium print
settingType 19th-century settings
targetAudience adult readers

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The Mystery of Marie Rogêt includedInCollection Tales by Edgar Allan Poe
Carey and Hart publishedWork Tales by Edgar Allan Poe
Monsieur G—— appearsInCollection Tales by Edgar Allan Poe
House of Usher (film score) inspiredBy Edgar Allan Poe’s "The Fall of the House of Usher" (indirectly, via the film)
linked to: Tales by Edgar Allan Poe