Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Stories & Poems (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Annabel Lee, Ligeia, The Sphinx, The Raven, Murders in the Rue Morgue…By Edgar Allan Poe
Length63h 22m
About this audiobook
Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Stories & Poems gathers the full range of Poe's imaginative achievement: tales of ratiocination, psychological terror, grotesque comedy, metaphysical speculation, and lyrics of obsessive music. From "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" to "The Fall of the House of Usher," from "The Raven" to "Annabel Lee," the volume reveals a writer who fused Gothic inheritance with modern inwardness, shaping detective fiction, horror, symbolism, and the prose poem with extraordinary formal control. Poe's art was inseparable from the pressures of his life and age: orphaned young, precariously employed in the literary marketplace, and shadowed by poverty, bereavement, and addiction, he transformed instability into aesthetic rigor. As editor, critic, poet, and storyteller, he argued for unity of effect, musical precision, and intellectual design, principles that illuminate the intense architecture of his most enduring works. This collection is indispensable for readers seeking both literary pleasure and historical depth. It rewards lovers of mystery and the macabre, students of American Romanticism, and anyone interested in how fear, beauty, reason, and grief can be compressed into unforgettable art.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics, Horror
Length63 hrs 22 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 14, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
52The Duc de l'Omelette
2Introduction
53A Tale of Jerusalem
3Author Biography
54Loss of Breath (A Decided Loss)
4Historical Context
55Bon-Bon (The Bargain Lost)
5Synopsis (Selection)
56Lionizing
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6Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Stories & Poems
57King Pest
7Short Stories
58Four Beasts in One (The Homo-Cameleopard)
8The Murders in the Rue Morgue
59How to Write a Blackwood Article
9The Mystery of Marie Rogêt
60A Predicament (The Scythe of Time)
10The Purloined Letter
61The Devil in the Belfry
11The Gold-Bug
62The Man That Was Used Up
12Thou Art the Man
63The Business Man (Peter Pendulum)
13The Man of the Crowd
64Why the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling
14The Tell-Tale Heart
65Never Bet the Devil Your Head
15The Fall of the House of Usher
66Three Sundays in a Week (A Succession of Sundays)
16The Cask of Amontillado
67Diddling (Raising the Wind)
17The Black Cat
68The Angel of the Odd
18The Masque of the Red Death
69The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq.
19The Pit and the Pendulum
70Mellonta Tauta
20Ligeia
71Von Kempelen and His Discovery
21The Oval Portrait (Life in Death)
72X-ing a Paragrab
22A Tale of the Ragged Mountains
73The Power of Words
23Eleonora
74The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion
24A Dream
75The Colloquy of Monos and Una
25Metzengerstein
76Shadow
26The Assignation
77Silence
27Berenice
78Novels
28Morella
79The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (pt. 1)
29The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall
80The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (pt. 2)
30William Wilson
81The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (pt. 3)
31The Imp of the Perverse
82The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (pt. 4)
32Hop-Frog (Eight Chained Ourang-Outangs)
83The Journal of Julius Rodman (pt. 1)
33The Light-House
84The Journal of Julius Rodman (pt. 2)
34Ms. Found in a Bottle
85Poetry
35A Descent into the Maelstrom
86The Raven
36The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
87Poems of Later Life
37The Balloon-Hoax
88Poems of Manhood
38Mesmeric Revelation
89Scenes from Politian
39The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade
90Poems of Youth
40Some Words with a Mummy
91Doubtful Poems
41Mystification
92Other Poems
42The Premature Burial
93Biography
43The Oblong Box
94The Dreamer by Mary Newton Stanard (pt. 1)
44The Spectacles
95The Dreamer by Mary Newton Stanard (pt. 2)
45The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether
96The Dreamer by Mary Newton Stanard (pt. 3)
46The Sphinx
97The Dreamer by Mary Newton Stanard (pt. 4)
47The Island of the Fay
98The Dreamer by Mary Newton Stanard (pt. 5)
48The Landscape Garden
99Analysis
49Morning on the Wissahiccon
100Reflection
50The Domain of Arnheim
101Memorable Quotes
51Landor’s Cottage
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