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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Ten Volumes - Volume I - Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque I

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  • 1894 first published
  • 343 pages
  • 4 editions
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Edgar Allan Poe, Edmund Clarence Stedman and George Edward Woodbury's The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Ten Volumes - Volume I - Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque I (1894) is a gothic fiction and horror story collection. The story is set in Valley of the Many-Colored Grass and Heaven, in Carnival. Characters include Demon, Father Time and Prince Prospero. Readers will find themes of Silence, Fear, pendulums and Spanish Inquisition.

It has been published in 4 editions.

It runs to roughly 343 pages — 6–7 hours of reading at an average pace.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Characters

Subjects

  • Silence
  • American Horror tales
  • American Short stories
  • Children's fiction
  • Fear
  • Horror
  • Horror stories
  • Pendulums
  • Spanish Inquisition
  • Abbeys
  • Daggers
  • Gothic fiction
  • Hematidrosis
  • Horror fiction
  • Horror tales
  • Juvenile audience

Quick answers

Who wrote The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Ten Volumes - Volume I - Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque I?

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Ten Volumes - Volume I - Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque I was written by Edgar Allan Poe, Edmund Clarence Stedman and George Edward Woodbury and first published in 1894.

What genre is The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Ten Volumes - Volume I - Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque I?

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

How long is The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Ten Volumes - Volume I - Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque I?

The median edition has 343 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Ten Volumes - Volume I - Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque I?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Book of the Dead, Selected English Short Stories (Nineteenth Century) and The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition.

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