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Gothic FictionHorrorCircus & Carnival

Selected Tales of Edgar Allan Poe

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  • 2002 first published
  • 375 pages
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Edgar Allan Poe's Selected Tales of Edgar Allan Poe (2002) is a gothic fiction and horror story collection. The story is set in Paris and Toledo, in Carnival. It features Prince Prospero, Roderick Usher and Madeline Usher. It deals with crime, first-person narrative, Homicide and Hyperesthesia.

At about 375 pages, most readers finish it in 6–7 hours.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Tropes

Setting

Era

Characters

Subjects

  • American Horror tales
  • Children's fiction
  • Classic Literature
  • Crime
  • Crime fiction
  • Detective and mystery stories
  • First-person narrative
  • Gothic fiction
  • Homicide
  • Horror
  • Horror fiction
  • Horror stories
  • Horror tales
  • Hyperesthesia
  • Murder
  • Premature burial

Quick answers

Who wrote Selected Tales of Edgar Allan Poe?

Selected Tales of Edgar Allan Poe was written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 2002.

What genre is Selected Tales of Edgar Allan Poe?

It is usually shelved as Gothic Fiction, Horror, Circus & Carnival and Dragon Fiction.

How long is Selected Tales of Edgar Allan Poe?

The median edition has 375 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Selected Tales of Edgar Allan Poe?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Story and Its Writer -- Ninth Edition and The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition.

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