
Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Stories & Poems (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Annabel Lee, Ligeia, The Sphinx, The Raven, Murders in the Rue Morgue…By Edgar Allan PoeLength63h 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
26The Assignation
2Introduction
27Berenice
3Author Biography
28Morella
4Historical Context
29The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall
5Synopsis (Selection)
30William Wilson
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6Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Stories & Poems
31The Imp of the Perverse
7Short Stories
32Hop-Frog (Eight Chained Ourang-Outangs)
8The Murders in the Rue Morgue
33The Light-House
9The Mystery of Marie Rogêt
34Ms. Found in a Bottle
10The Purloined Letter
35A Descent into the Maelstrom
11The Gold-Bug
36The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
12Thou Art the Man
37The Balloon-Hoax
13The Man of the Crowd
38Mesmeric Revelation
14The Tell-Tale Heart
39The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade
15The Fall of the House of Usher
40Some Words with a Mummy
16The Cask of Amontillado
41Mystification
17The Black Cat
42The Premature Burial
18The Masque of the Red Death
43The Oblong Box
19The Pit and the Pendulum
44The Spectacles
20Ligeia
45The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether
21The Oval Portrait (Life in Death)
46The Sphinx
22A Tale of the Ragged Mountains
47The Island of the Fay
23Eleonora
48The Landscape Garden
24A Dream
49Morning on the Wissahiccon
25Metzengerstein
50The Domain of Arnheim