The Portable Edgar Allan Poe (Penguin Classics) by Edgar Allan Poe (PDF)

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The Portable Edgar Allan Poe compiles Poe’s greatest writings: tales of fantasy, terror, death, revenge, murder, and mystery, including “The Pit and the Pendulum,” “The Fall of the House of Usher,” “The Cask of Amontillado,” “The Masque of the Red Death,” and “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” the world’s first detective story. In addition, this volume offers letters, articles, criticism, visionary poetry, and a selection of random “opinions” on fancy and the imagination, music and poetry, intuition and sundry other topics.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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⭐I’ve read about a dozen pieces so far for a gut-gripping course I’m enjoying. My favorite tale of enjoyable shivers (frisson?) was when I finished The Black Cat at midnight and then turned to the light by my bed and thought, you mean I have to turn it out after finishing that story?!? I may be in my 50s but that packed a wallop. He’s as good or better than you may remember. The two detective stories I’ve read a pretty good but a bit long and labored. And I just started the critical articles with The Short Story (appropriately three pages long) and it was very good. He made his interesting point about as succinctly as could be done. The biographical intro is interesting because the editor (and my teacher) are convinced that he wasn’t the complete, miserable wretch that his literary executor made him out to be. He appeared to have trouble with shooting himself in his perverse foot, though. And, in my opinion, he could be a bit of a drama queen in his letters but a ghastly wretch? Well, maybe he wasn’t as far gone as was supposed for a long time. (And that apparently is a story in itself.) He’s still another “don’t miss” author that I’ve rediscovered. Thank you, Mr. Poe…sleeplessness, notwithstanding.

⭐This book is a collection of short stories of course, many of which are deemed more “horror” stories. These stories are not especially scary, and when compared to a Steven King novel not nearly as relevant. However, Poe is (as far as I know) the first to write stories of this style, and he puts in plot points within these stories that cause twists the reader doesn’t expect.The language is dated, naturally, however you feel like quite the intellectual when you read his writing. I’m not saying you will love reading this book, but I suspect you will enjoy reading from it on occasion. If you are really into Poe and his short stories/poems, then of course you would love it. I am not an avid reader, but I still found this book to be a good purchase. Recommended.Also it should be noted that reading is an attractive quality in both men and women. So consider this as a good starting point.

⭐Edgar Allan Poe, EAP, Eggy… this is the edition that you can read comfortably anywhere. (I love the big collections, of course, but they’re not comfortable to read whilst reclined.) Just the right amount of Poe, some of his advice on the craft is very insightful and worth the price of admission alone. Don’t overlook this one; it’s Poe, it’s thoroughly portable, the work he produced was light years ahead of its time. Spooky, you need this.

⭐The Portable Poe is worth buying simply because it contains a selection of Poe’s letters. This latest edition fills in the some holes left by omissions in the previous version, by including such stories as The Imp of the Perverse, The Oblong Box, The System of Tarr and Fether, and Some Words with a Mummy; these stories for me anyway make it more comprehensive. Of course for a Poe fan I am sure some beloved stories are not included, but one can read this volume and have a pretty comprehensive view of Poe. On a minor note, I personally preferred the arrangement of the previous edition in terms of putting the letters first as opposed to last. Why this is? I cannot really say. The expansion of the Observations section is nice as well. Overall if you own a previous edition, no real need to buy this newest one, if you don’t own the older one, get this one.

⭐I was already a huge fan of Edgar Allan Poe from high school and just reading his stories on my free time that I wanted a book with my favorites stories in it and I’m glad to say this book has them. Penguin does it again gathering the best of the best.I recommend getting this book if you’re starting to get into Poe or want to get into his work. And for the already Poe fans, this book comes with his best short stories, his poems and letters he wrote so you do get a great amount for a great price.

⭐I like the collection but it is missing Tamerlane, Eureka, and Gordon PYm.

⭐I liked the cover and how nice it was. It was reliable and just like the pictures.

⭐i’ve liked poe since jr high. to me, psychological horror is scariest– especially since we’ve been visually bloodied and gored to death by hollywood. there’s something about being mentally engrossed in a book and being led into the darkened recesses of the unimaginable. be sure to read the cask of the amontillado (my favorite) and the masque of the red death. turn the lights down, leave a closet door opened (just a crack :p) and read in complete quiet!

⭐Fantastic collection of Poe’s work. Stories, poems and letters. For any fan of Edgar Allan Poe this is must have.

⭐Poe writing in a selection that’s good.

⭐A must have, brilliant!

⭐Good price. Shipped Quickly

⭐son found it good

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