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Chapter titles have been updated to reflect the name of each poem/story as of March 2022.

Edgar Allan Poe was one of the most prolific authors of his time, eventually gaining recognition for his tales of horror and his uncanny ability to paint a macabre picture with words.

The Complete Works Collection of Edgar Allan Poe contains over 150 stories and poems, separated into individual chapters, including all of Poe's most notorious works such as The Raven, Annabel Lee, A Dream Within a Dream, Lenore, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Unparalleled Adventures of One Hans Pfaal, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, and many more.

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Reviewer: James B.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: All the greatest hits and more of one of the greatest American writers.
Review: Edgar Allan Poe is undoubtedly one of the most influential writers of all time. This collection breaks everything he ever wrote into his short stories, novel, poems, and essays, most of which have their own reason to be worth reading. There are a few duds, every writer has to have some, but there are some incredible highs as well.First, the short stories, which Poe is most well-known for. This is definitely the best section of the book. All of the Poe's most well-known classics are here, and I would also recommend some of his lesser known stories, particularly A Descent into the Maelstrom, The Black Cat, The Spectacles, The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether, and The Business Man, as particular greats. You should be able to read every story in this collection in less than an hour, so you can finish them in one sitting.Poe wrote only one long novel, and even it can be scene as a collection of a few short stories.The Narrative of A. Gordon Pym is a very heart-wrenching story, classic Poe.To be honest, I'm not much to read poetry, so I'll keep this brief and say that the Raven is great, and if you do like poetry, there will be plenty more here for you.The essays are well worth the read as well. Several don't seem particularly different from his short stories, and I'd say Thou Art The Man and Hop-Frog are the best.The most annoying thing about this book was that Poe had a habit of quoting french and Latin in his stories, and there were no translations to be had here. It can be annoying, but it doesn't really ruin the stories. I hope you find these tales of mystery, horror, and sometimes comedy as entertaining as I did.

Reviewer: A. Hurst
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Edgar Allan Poe: The Enigma, The Genius
Review: This was originally reviewed (along with every single story inside this anthology) over at alex-hurst.com, in the series "Tackling Poe". Naturally, to leave a review of everything here would be far too long!I finished reading Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales & Poems about a week ago, but I wanted to give myself some time to digest everything, watch The Raven, and to formulate my final thoughts.To start off, I think that––overall––this collection was fairly good. I did have some issues with it, as I’ve talked about before in some of the earlier parts of this massive review series. I really didn’t like that each story was just a sub-chapter of a larger heading, and formatted in a way that you couldn’t keep track of how much time was left in each segment (I often use this when I’m trying to justify staying up late or reading more during a break), and there were a few incorrectly classed pieces under the Essays section.The compiler of the work did do a very good job formatting the poetry and fiction prose. They used true type, so even on the Kindle, it made for very lovely reading. Little embellishments, like unique titles, made the anthology look more polished.I would have liked to have seen more context notes, because some of the stories and poems made a great deal more sense with the context I was able to glean from the internet (after only moderate searching). Since all of Edgar Allan Poe’s works are public domain, and free, I expect more of an anthology, in this regard. In many cases, the poetry or fiction notes that Edgar Allan Poe wrote to his editors at the time were not included with the stories, to the detriment of quite a few of them.However, I know that to compile and format an anthology of this size and breadth is near impossible to do without some technical errors, and as most of my complaints were merely stylistic and subjective, I can recommend this anthology to most readers. Nothing will compare, I think, to seeing Poe’s works on paper (and being able to find quotes at a glance), but this is a close second. The section in the back which lists references to derivative or inspired works was very interesting. Much respect to Maplewood Books.The anthology is a beast, totaling over 407,000 words total.Now that I’m finally at the end of the collection, I would like to offer a list of recommendations. I’ll choose ten of his “classics”, ten “unknowns”, and fifteen poems which I do not think are well-known (of course everyone knows to read “The Raven”, “Annabel Lee”, “Lenore”, and so on). All of these are entirely subjective, but I think if you read nothing else but some of the thirty five I suggest here, you’ll have fairly good luck in reading something you’ll enjoy. They are in no particular order.The Classics:1. The Fall of the House of Usher2. The Black Cat3. A Descent into Maelström4. The Gold-Bug5. The Oval Portrait6. The Cask of Amontillado7. The Pit and the Pendulum8. Ligeia9. The Tell-Tale Heart10. BereniceRelatively Unknowns:1. The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar2. Loss of Breath3. William Wilson4. The Premature Burial5. King Pest6. The Spectacles7. The Business Man8. The System of Doctor Tarr & Professor Fether9. The Colloquy of Monos and Una10. The Power of WordsPoems:1. The City in the Sea2. Eldorado3. For Annie4. The Bells5. The Conqueror Worm6. The Haunted Palace7. In Youth I Have Known One8. Imitation9. The Valley of Unrest10. Tamerlane11. Sonnet – To Science12. The Forest Reverie13. The Village Street14. Alone15. Israfel

Reviewer: J .c.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: The advertisement is exactly what it says. Whichnis rare these days.
Review: My wife is a retired teacher and reads all the time. The quality of the book s perfect . It has found a place on display on her shelves. My wife is a huge fan of edgar allen poe and it hit the spot in making her happy

Reviewer: Ann Green
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Reasonably priced and quick download

Reviewer: JP 1
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: The format of the book is large. It takes a lot of space and is clumsy for handling.

Reviewer: Diego Montelongo
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Everyone needs to read Allan Poe once at least, is highly recommended to start in literature or if you want to enjoy it in a rainy day with the dark tales of Poe

Reviewer: Manvendra Bhangui
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: It requires some patience to read the stories as they are slow and the English is old. But many of them are fascinating with elements of horror, mystery, awe and sometimes even bits of science.Stories like 'The Black Cat', The Murders in Rue Morgue, The Tell-tale Heart, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Gold-Bug are must reads. The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket is a complete story about a voyage in a whaling ship and deals with mutiny, cannibalism.

Reviewer: J.R.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Was soll man sagen, Poe eben. Alle (Kurz-)Geschichten und Gedichte sind in diesem Sammelband vertreten, über das Inhaltsverzeichnis kann man schön von Geschichte zu Geschichte wechseln. Von allen Kindle-Versionen zu Poe würde ich immer diese empfehlen, da (zumindest soweit ich bisher ersehen konnte) keine Editionsfehler vorhanden sind, und auch die Schrift nie versetzt erscheint, was bei einigen Ausgaben der Fall ist. Alle Texte sind auch in der Originalfassung vorhanden, was mich sehr freut. Was ich bei solchen Sammelbänden immer schön finde ist eine Kurzbiographie des Autors, oder ein Vor- bzw. Nachwort des Editors. Speziell bei älteren englischen Texten, wie denen von Poe eben, ist es manchmal auch hilfreich ein paar Vokabelhilfen am Rand zu haben. Diese Dinge fehlen hier allerdings, für unbedingt nötig erachte ich sie jedoch nicht. Wozu gibt es schließlich Wikipedia 😀 Und bei den Vokabeln hilft selbstverständlich auch das integrierte Wörterbuch beim Kindle. Also alles bestens. Wie immer sehr viel Inhalt für so gut wie kein Geld, was mich bei Kindle-Ausgaben älterer Texte sowieso immer freut. Buchausgaben,die alle gesammelten Werke enthalten, kosten meist eine ganze Menge. Deshalb darf sich hier keiner auch nur ansatzweise beschweren 😉