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This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Classic™ includes a glossary and reader's notes to help the modern reader contend with Poe's allusions and complicated vocabulary.

Edgar Allan Poe's name conjures up thoughts of hearts beating long after their owners are dead, of disease and plague amid wealth, of love that extends beyond the grave, and of black ravens who utter only one word. The richness of Poe's writing, however, includes much more than horror, loss, and death.

Alive with hypnotic sounds and mesmerizing rhythms, his poetry captures both the splendor and devastation of love, life, and death. His stories teem with irony and black humor, in addition to plot twists and surprise endings. Living by their own rules and charged with passion, Poe's characters are instantly recognizable — even though we may be appalled by their actions, we understand their motivations.

The thirty-three selections in The Best of Poe highlight his unique qualities. Discover for yourself the mysterious allure and genius of Edgar Allan Poe, who remains one of America's most popular and important authors, even more than 150 years after his death.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Prestwick House, Inc.; Literary Touchstone Classsic Edition (February 28, 2006)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 232 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1580493874
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1580493871
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 1 year and up
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 7 - 12
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
Reviewer: Louise D. Somes
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Well published, excellent features
Review: This collection of Poe is a well sized trade paperback with an excellent preface. It also contains a glossary, as some of the language is difficult, as well as Notes.

Reviewer: Roland Beech
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: nice edition for the price
Review: was originally looking to get a hardcover poe stories set after watching Fall of the House of Usher but went for this instead and it's much better than the low price might suggest in quality and has a great selection of his famous stories

Reviewer: Sam
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great variety of works
Review: I think most people here are familiar with Edgar Allan Poe, so I feel I only need to drive the point across about the actual book. Coming into the fall season, I'm getting into a Halloween mood. This year I'm feeling classic horror and suspense literature. I hadn't ever gotten any books by Poe despite what I read in school or watched on film and tv, and figured it was time to add some to my literature collection. This collection has about 30 stories and poems (I can't say if it's his entire writings.) Most of all, when I bought a $5 mass market paperback, I was pleasantly surprised to receive a 7" x 9" book complete with notes, glossary and vocabulary. This would be awesome for students, and anyone who has issues reading old-timey prose in general. The not-so-great? Paper is thinner and the font is about 10pt. I know that's not ideal for everyone. Otherwise it's an excellent bargain.

Reviewer: Leif
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: AMAZING - MUST READ!!!
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Reviewer: Wendy Cavness
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great Compilation for the Cost!!
Review: I currently have one other, paperback collection of "assorted" works by Edgar Allen Poe. It is an older collection - which I purchased from Scholastic, off of one of my children's monthly "book club" orders - and while I'm not completely unhappy with it, it does not include several of Poe's more popular, more well-known poems which I had become acquainted with while I was in Senior High. THIS book does, and from this particular publisher - is relatively cheap/affordable as well. I already have, and would continue to recommend this collection to anyone out there who is looking for a GOOD, thorough - yet affordable - collection of Poe's works!!

Reviewer: F. Hernandez
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A very economical way to meet the prince of darkness...
Review: It is a GREAT collection of Edgar Allan Poe's stories, poems, and tales. Incredibly inexpensive. Ideal to start immersing yourself in his writing

Reviewer: Mary-Beth Roberts
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Not the best quality, but it had everything I needed.
Review: Bought this because it was the only Poe anthology with all the stories/poems listed on my American Lit. syllabus (and also because I just love Poe and wanted an anthology of some of his works anyway). The paper is very thin, so my highlighter bled through (I rate each story 1-5 stars, drawing them near the title). It's a great book tho - I don't regret buying it at all.

Reviewer: Freda England
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I like Poe,
Review: I like Poe but could live without the authors narrative!