Edgar Allan Poe: A BiographyCountless school children have recited the opening line of Poe's The Raven: "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary..." But Poe is valued not only for his poetry. He was also a prolific writer of short stories, the creator of two literary forms that readers everywhere enjoy--the detective story and the horror thriller. |
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Contents
Contents | 9 |
A Quick and Clever | 19 |
The Rich and the Poor | 97 |
Chronology of Edgar Allan Poe | 133 |
Visiting Edgar Allan Poe Sites | 139 |
Common terms and phrases
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Edgar Allan Poe: A Biography Literary Greats Single Titles Series |
| Author | Milton Meltzer |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Twenty-First Century Books, 2003 |
| ISBN | 0761329102, 9780761329107 |
| Length | 144 pages |
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