{"product_id":"9781435141094","title":"Essential Tales and Poems (Barnes \u0026 Noble Signature Editions)","description":"It is hard to think of a more influential American writer than Edgar Allan Poe. He brought to the short story genre a new literary polish, writing scores of tales that came to epitomize the form. H invented detective fiction, and the gothic aspect of his work continues to inspire young writers. Poe also changed the direction of American poetry, insisting that-rather than deliver a message-a poem's first obligation is to create beauty through rhythm, rhyme, and visual imagery.\u003cbr\u003e Among the twenty-two eloquently eerie stories collected in \u003ci\u003eEssential Tales and Poems\u003c\/i\u003e are “The Pit and the Pendulum,” “The Cast of Amontillado,” “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” and perhaps the most terrifying of all, “The Tell-Tale Heart.” These stories penetrate a reader's subconscious and draw into the light its deepest fears. Poe's sensuous poetry is also on display, inviting readers into a world of grief, delirium, and pulsing rhythms. These qualities reach their peak in Poe's best-known poems, “The Bells,” “The Raven,” “Ulalume,” and “Annabel Lee.”\u003cbr\u003e The book also includes Poe's only complete d novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym\u003c\/i\u003e, and three of his best short works of nonfiction-most saliently, his groundbreaking essays on aesthetics, “The Philosophy of Compositions.”\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47142007046384,"sku":"9781435141094","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781435141094_p0.jpg?v=1769904284","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781435141094","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}