Cover of The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Tales (Balloon-Hoax / Black Cat / Diddling / Gold-Bug / Mesmeric Revelation / Mystery of Marie Roget / Oblong Box / Pit and the Pendulum / Premature Burial / Spectacles / Tale of the Ragged Mountains / Tell-Tale Heart)
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The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Tales (Balloon-Hoax / Black Cat / Diddling / Gold-Bug / Mesmeric Revelation / Mystery of Marie Roget / Oblong Box / Pit and the Pendulum / Premature Burial / Spectacles / Tale of the Ragged Mountains / Tell-Tale Heart)

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  • 1902 first published
  • 341 pages
  • 3 editions
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Edgar Allan Poe's The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Tales (Balloon-Hoax / Black Cat / Diddling / Gold-Bug / Mesmeric Revelation / Mystery of Marie Roget / Oblong Box / Pit and the Pendulum / Premature Burial / Spectacles / Tale of the Ragged Mountains / Tell-Tale Heart) (1902) is a gothic fiction and horror story collection. Much of the action takes place in Toledo. It features Mr. Vankirk and Father Time. Readers will find themes of crime, first-person narrative, Homicide and Hyperesthesia.

It has been published in 3 editions.

It runs to roughly 341 pages — 6–7 hours of reading at an average pace.

Themes, setting & tropes

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  • 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

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Who wrote The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Tales (Balloon-Hoax / Black Cat / Diddling / Gold-Bug / Mesmeric Revelation / Mystery of Marie Roget / Oblong Box / Pit and the Pendulum / Premature Burial / Spectacles / Tale of the Ragged Mountains / Tell-Tale Heart)?

The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Tales (Balloon-Hoax / Black Cat / Diddling / Gold-Bug / Mesmeric Revelation / Mystery of Marie Roget / Oblong Box / Pit and the Pendulum / Premature Burial / Spectacles / Tale of the Ragged Mountains / Tell-Tale Heart) was written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1902.

What genre is The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Tales (Balloon-Hoax / Black Cat / Diddling / Gold-Bug / Mesmeric Revelation / Mystery of Marie Roget / Oblong Box / Pit and the Pendulum / Premature Burial / Spectacles / Tale of the Ragged Mountains / Tell-Tale Heart)?

It is usually shelved as Gothic Fiction and Horror.

How long is The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Tales (Balloon-Hoax / Black Cat / Diddling / Gold-Bug / Mesmeric Revelation / Mystery of Marie Roget / Oblong Box / Pit and the Pendulum / Premature Burial / Spectacles / Tale of the Ragged Mountains / Tell-Tale Heart)?

The median edition has 341 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

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Readers who like it often enjoy Wolf's Complete Book of Terror and American Psycho.

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