Edgar Allen Poe was central to the American romantic movement in literature, as both a poet and a writer of fiction. He was one of the inventors of the horror story and of the mystery story. "The Raven," written in 1845, was his most successful poem. His father abandoned his family at the time of his birth, and his mother died when he was one year old: his difficult childhood and the financial difficulties that came from supporting himself purely by writing undoubtedly contributed to the overwrought emotional tone of his writing. He died in 1849, at the age of 40, after he was found wandering...

Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allen Poe: Illustrated -- Collections of stories by Edgar Allen Poe illustrated in full color by both famous illustrators and original illustrations by contemporary artists. Volume 4 contains Poe's novella, The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall, and his classic poetic work, The Raven, both extensively illustrated and with notes.

Tales of Mystery and Imagination Volume 5 by Edgar Allen Poe; A collection of Edgar Allen Poe's stories with full color illustrations by artists such as Harry Clarke and The Mysterious Shhh. Volume 5 contains five of Poe's stories - The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether, Mesmeric Revelation, The Imp of the Perverse, Four Beasts in One and A Descent into the Maelstrom. There is one Harry Clarke illustration for A Descent...included in this volume.

Edgar Allan Poe (born Edgar Poe) was born in Boston Massachusetts on January 19th 1809 and was orphaned at an early age. Taken in by the Allan family his education was cut short by lack of money and he went to the military academy, West Point where he failed to become an officer. His early literary works were poetic but he quickly turned to prose. He worked for several magazines and journals until in January 1845 The Raven was published and became an instant classic. Thereafter followed the works for which he is now so rightly famed as a master of the mysterious and macabre. In this volume we...