I love sending American authors to my UK friends. So when I saw Poe on stubee's wishlist and found this book, I knew it was perfect for his birthday RABCK! I like Poe's works and have my own collection. This one includes Sixty-seven Tales, One Complete Novel, and Thirty-one Poems.

I hope stubee enjoys the various works in this collection. Happy birthday!

Wow, thank you so much Adrienne for my birthday RABCK, this looks amazing and I'll be sure to enjoy reading this! Thank you very much :-]

This collection, Works of Edgar Allan Poe contains Sixty-seven Tales, One Complete Novel
and Thirty-one Poems.

Contents:

01. Forward (written by Alix Perry)
02. M.S Found in a Bottle (read 29th May, 2014)
03. Berenice (read 2nd Sept, 2014)
04. Morella (read 6th Sept, 2016)
05. Some Passages in the Life of a Lion (Lionizing) (read 28th Dec, 2020)
06. The Unparalleled Adventures of One Hans Pfaal (read 28th Dec, 2020)
07. The Assassination (The Visionary) (read 29th Dec, 2020)
08. Bon-Bon (read 29th Dec, 2020)
09. Shadow: A Parable (read 29th Dec, 2020)
10. Loss of Breath: A Tale Neither In nor Out of "Blackwood" (read 29th Dec, 2020)
11. King Pest: A Tale Containing Allegory (read 29th Dec, 2020)
12. Metzengerstein (read 30th Dec, 2020)
13. Le Duc De L'Omelette (read 30th Dec, 2020)
14. Four Beasts in One: The Homo-Cameleopard (read 30th Dec, 2020)
15. A Take Of Jerusalem (read 30th Dec, 2020)
16. Mystification (read 30th Dec, 2020)
17. Ligeia (read 30th Dec, 2020)
18. How to Write a Blackwood Article (read 1st Jan, 2021)
19. A Predicament: The Scythe of Time (read 1st Jan, 2021)
20. Silence: A Fable (read 1st Jan, 2021)
21. The Journal of Julius Rodman (read 1st Jan, 2021)
22. The Devil in the Belfy (read 1st Jan, 2021)
23. The Man That Was Used Up (read 1st Jan, 2021)
24. The Fall of The House of Usher (first read 31st Dec, 2007. Re-read 1st Jan, 2021)
25. William Wilson (read 3rd Jan, 2021)
26. The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion (read 3rd Jan, 2021)
27. Why the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling (read 3rd Jan, 2021)
28. The Business Man (read 3rd Jan, 2021)
29. The Man in the Crowd (read 3rd Jan, 2021)
30. The Murders in the Rue Morgue (read 4th Jan, 2021)
31. A Descent into the Maelstrom (read 4th Jan, 2021)
32. The Island of the Fray (read 4th Jan, 2021)
33. The Colloguy of Monos and Una (read 4th Jan, 2021)
34. Never Bet The Devil Your Head (read 4th Jan, 2021)
35. Three Sundays a Week (read 4th Jan, 2021)
36. Eleonora (read 4th Jan, 2021)
37. The Oval Portrait (read 4th Jan, 2021)
38. The Masque of the Red Death (read 4th Jan, 2021)
39. The Mystery of Marie Roget (read 5th Jan, 2021)
40. The Pit and the Pendulum (first read 31st Dec, 2007. Re-read 5th Jan, 2021)
41. The Tell-Tale Heart (read 5th Jan, 2021)
42. The Gold-Bug (read 5th Jan, 2021)
43. The Black Cat (read 6th Jan, 2021)
44. Diddling Considered as One of the Exact Sciences (read 6th Jan, 2021)
45. A Tale of the Ragged Mountains (read 6th Jan, 2021)
46. The Spectacles (read 6th Jan, 2021)
47. The Balloon-Hoax (read 6th Jan, 2021)
48. Mesmeric Revelation (read 6th Jan, 2021)
49. The Premature Burial (read 6th Jan, 2021)
50. The Oblong Box (read 7th Jan, 2021)
51. The Angel of the Odd (read 7th Jan, 2021)
52. Thou Art the Man (read 7th Jan, 2021)
53. The Purloined Letter (first read 31st Dec, 2007. Re-read 7th Jan, 2021)
54. The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq. (read 7th Jan, 2021)
55. The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade (read 7th Jan, 2021)
56. Some Words with A Mummy (read 8th Jan, 2021)
57. The Power of Words (read 8th Jan, 2021)
58. The Imp of the Perverse (read 8th Jan, 2021)
59. The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar (read 8th Jan, 2021)
60. The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether (read 9th Jan, 2021)
61. The Sphinx (read 9th Jan, 2021)
62. The Cask of Amontillado (read 9th Jan, 2021)
63. The Domain of Arnheim (read 9th Jan, 2021)
64. Mellonta Tautav
65. Hop-Frog (read 9th Jan, 2021)
66. X-ing a Paragrab (read 9th Jan, 2021)
67. Von Kempelen and His Discovery (read 9th Jan, 2021)
68. Landor's Cottage (read 9th Jan, 2021)
69. The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (read 10th Jan, 2021)
70. The Raven (read 11th Jan, 2021)
71. The Bells (read 11th Jan, 2021)
72. Annabel Lee (read 11th Jan, 2021)
73. Lenore (read 11th Jan, 2021)
74. Eulalie-A Song (read 11th Jan, 2021)
75. To Helen (read 11th Jan, 2021)
76. A Dream Within A Dream (read 11th Jan, 2021)
77. Ulalume (read 11th Jan, 2021)
78. Sonnet-To Science (read 11th Jan, 2021)
79. Al Aaraaf (read 11th Jan, 2021)
80. To the River (read 11th Jan, 2021)
81. To My Mother (read 11th Jan, 2021)
82. To Helen (read 11th Jan, 2021)
83. The Lake-To- (read 11th Jan, 2021)
84. Catholic Hymn (read 11th Jan, 2021)
85. Stanzas (read 11th Jan, 2021)
86. Song (read 11th Jan, 2021)
87. Fairy-Land (read 11th Jan, 2021)
88. For Annie (read 11th Jan, 2021)
89. The Sleeper (read 11th Jan, 2021)
90. Bridal Ballad (read 11th Jan, 2021)
91. To M- (read 11th Jan, 2021)
92. To One in Paradise (read 11th Jan, 2021)
93. The Haunted Place (read 11th Jan, 2021)
94. The City in the Sea (read 11th Jan, 2021)
95. The Conqueror Worm (read 11th Jan, 2021)
96. To F---------------s S. O---------------d (read 11th Jan, 2021)
97. Dreams (read 11th Jan, 2021)
98. To F--------------- (read 11th Jan, 2021)
99. Eldorado (read 11th Jan, 2021)
100. To M.L.S.--------------- (read 11th Jan, 2021)

The first of Poe’s three entries in the 1001 Books: You Must Read Before You Die ; "The Fall of the House of Usher" is a enticing tale about the end of Roderick Usher's life (and home), his demeanour and the merging of reality and the fantasy world he’s living in; Poe’s descriptive narrative, through the eyes of Roderick’s childhood friend, is brilliant! A must read for everyone!

Thanks to Adrienne10 for giving me the oppurtunity to read these works, you're a great Birthday RABCK buddy! :-]

The second of Poe’s three entries in the 1001 Books: You Must Read Before You Die ; "The Pit and the Pendulum"; a dark tale about a solitary prisoner; the trauma and torment that must be felt in a dark enclosed prison without light, only for when the light is restored to find something much more frightening. I'm amazed at times by the narrators calmness, maybe this comes with insanity! A great tale, one filled with both dread, sometimes hope and often terror.

The third and final of Poe’s three entries in the 1001 Books: You Must Read Before You Die ; "The Purloined Letter"; - just a brilliant work of genius, a trick upon a trick; a great narrative (or conversation) and a great mind. Remember "It’s not all in the detail!"

:-]

Well now that I’ve read these 1001 Book entries I must return to my stack of bookrings and rays, I will however return to Poe in the not too distant future!

I haven't made a journal entry against this in a while but I had read "MS. Found In A Bottle" and "Berenice" in 2014.

I've picked this back up Today (06.09.16) and read the story of Morella - a good short gothic story. I don't want to spoil it for anyone so he's a link to the Wikipedia page.

I finished my reading list for 2020 and as I had a few days left of the year I took this down from the bookshelf with the intention of finishing early January 2021.

Since taking off the shelf I've read:
Some Passages in the Life of a Lion (Lionizing)
The Unparalleled Adventures of One Hans Pfaal
The Assassination (The Visionary)
Bon-Bon
Shadow: A Parable
Loss of Breath: A Tale Neither In nor Out of "Blackwood"
King Pest: A Tale Containing Allegory
Metzengerstein
Le Duc De L'Omelette
Four Beasts in One: The Homo-Cameleopard
A Take Of Jerusalem
Mystification
Ligeia

During this afternoon I read the following:
The Journal of Julius Rodman
The Devil in the Belfy
The Man That Was Used Up

Since my last update I've read:
The Fall of The House of Usher (re-read 1st Jan, 2021)
William Wilson (read 3rd Jan, 2021)
The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion (read 3rd Jan, 2021)
Why the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling (read 3rd Jan, 2021)
The Business Man (read 3rd Jan, 2021)
The Man in the Crowd (read 3rd Jan, 2021)

Yesterday I read:
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
A Descent into the Maelstrom
The Island of the Fray
The Colloguy of Monos and Una
Never Bet The Devil Your Head
Three Sundays a Week
Eleonora
The Oval Portrait
The Masque of the Red Death

Yesterday I read:
The Mystery of Marie Roget
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Gold-Bug

Yesterday I read:
The Oblong Box
The Angel of the Odd
Thou Art the Man
The Purloined Letter
The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq.
The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade

Over the weekend I've read:
Some Words with A Mummy
The Power of Words
The Imp of the Perverse
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether
The Sphinx
The Cask of Amontillado
The Domain of Arnheim
Mellonta Tauta
Hop-Frog
X-ing a Paragrab
Von Kempelen and His Discovery
Landor's Cottage
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

Yesterday I read all the Poems, thus completing all the works in this collection.

I really enjoyed reading this and I'm going to put it back on my bookshelf with the intention to pick up every now and the to re-read some of the stories or poems.