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The Best Known Works of Edgar Allan Poe

poems, tales, essays, criticisms

  • 1927 first published
  • 918 pages
  • 4 editions

The Best Known Works of Edgar Allan Poe is a 1927 gothic fiction and horror novel by Edgar Allan Poe. It takes readers to England and Eton College in Carnival. Characters include William Wilson, Von Kempelen and Lieutenant Maury. It deals with Aristocracy, Satire, crime and first-person narrative.

It has been published in 4 editions.

At about 918 pages, most readers finish it in 16–17 hours.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Tropes

Setting

Era

Characters

Subjects

  • Aristocracy
  • Satire
  • 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

Quick answers

Who wrote The Best Known Works of Edgar Allan Poe?

The Best Known Works of Edgar Allan Poe was written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1927.

What genre is The Best Known Works of Edgar Allan Poe?

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

How long is The Best Known Works of Edgar Allan Poe?

The median edition has 918 pages, about 16–17 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Best Known Works of Edgar Allan Poe?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Anthology of Ghost Stories.

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