Edgar Allan Poe
While I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore American poet, author of "The Raven" That a maiden there lived, whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee; The leaves they were crispèd and sere, The leaves they were withering and sere; It was night in the lonesome October Westminster Presbyterian Cemetery; Baltimore, Maryland Edgar Allan Poe's notable works include: the Gothic Romance 'The Fall of the House of Usher'(1840), which he wrote for Burton's Gentleman's Magazine; 'The Raven' (1845); and The Murders in The Rue Morgue'(1841) regarded by many as the first English language detective story. Massachusetts. 19th January 1809 "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore …" "Take this kiss upon the brow! And, in parting from you now, Thus much let me avow …" "it was many and many a year ago, in a kingdom by the sea" 1843. "The Tell-Tale Heart" is widely considered a classic of the Gothic fiction genre and one of Poe's most famous short stories. 1841. It has been grouped with Poe's tales of ratiocination and also labeled an early form of science fiction. 1841. As the first true detective in fiction, the Dupin character established many literary devices which would be used in future fictional detectives including Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot. 1843. "The Tell-Tale Heart" is widely considered a classic of the Gothic fiction genre and one of Poe's most famous short stories. The Masque of the Red Death; short story, 1842 In the story, "The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar" Lush wooded island in "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym", 1838 Poet, 1809-1849; Baltimore A Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym "The skies they were ashen and sober"; 1847
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