Cover of The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Tales - Volume I (Assignation / Berenice / Bon-Bon / Conversation of Eiros and Charmion / Descent into the Maelstrom / Devil in the Belfry / Duc De L'Omelette / Fall of the House of Usher / Four Beasts in One / How to Write a Blackwood Article / King Pest / Ligeia / Lionizing / Loss of Breath / Man That Was Used Up / Metzengerstein / Morella / MS. Found in a Bottle / Predicament / Shadow / Silence / Tale of Jerusalem / Unparalleled Adventures of One Hans Pfaall / William Wilson)
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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Tales - Volume I (Assignation / Berenice / Bon-Bon / Conversation of Eiros and Charmion / Descent into the Maelstrom / Devil in the Belfry / Duc De L'Omelette / Fall of the House of Usher / Four Beasts in One / How to Write a Blackwood Article / King Pest / Ligeia / Lionizing / Loss of Breath / Man That Was Used Up / Metzengerstein / Morella / MS. Found in a Bottle / Predicament / Shadow / Silence / Tale of Jerusalem / Unparalleled Adventures of One Hans Pfaall / William Wilson)

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  • 1909 first published
  • 363 pages
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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Tales - Volume I (Assignation / Berenice / Bon-Bon / Conversation of Eiros and Charmion / Descent into the Maelstrom / Devil in the Belfry / Duc De L'Omelette / Fall of the House of Usher / Four Beasts in One / How to Write a Blackwood Article / King Pest / Ligeia / Lionizing / Loss of Breath / Man That Was Used Up / Metzengerstein / Morella / MS. Found in a Bottle / Predicament / Shadow / Silence / Tale of Jerusalem / Unparalleled Adventures of One Hans Pfaall / William Wilson) is a 1909 gothic fiction and horror novel by Edgar Allan Poe. The story is set in Lofoten and Norway. It features William Wilson, Egaeus and Berenice. Readers will find themes of Aristocracy, Silence, burial vaults and Catalepsy.

It runs to roughly 363 pages — 6–7 hours of reading at an average pace.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Characters

Subjects

  • Aristocracy
  • Silence
  • American Horror tales
  • Burial vaults
  • Catalepsy
  • Dragons
  • Gothic fiction
  • Hermitages
  • Heroic romances
  • Horror
  • Horror tales
  • Hysteria
  • Knights
  • Maces
  • Psychogenic death
  • Tarns

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Who wrote The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Tales - Volume I (Assignation / Berenice / Bon-Bon / Conversation of Eiros and Charmion / Descent into the Maelstrom / Devil in the Belfry / Duc De L'Omelette / Fall of the House of Usher / Four Beasts in One / How to Write a Blackwood Article / King Pest / Ligeia / Lionizing / Loss of Breath / Man That Was Used Up / Metzengerstein / Morella / MS. Found in a Bottle / Predicament / Shadow / Silence / Tale of Jerusalem / Unparalleled Adventures of One Hans Pfaall / William Wilson)?

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Tales - Volume I (Assignation / Berenice / Bon-Bon / Conversation of Eiros and Charmion / Descent into the Maelstrom / Devil in the Belfry / Duc De L'Omelette / Fall of the House of Usher / Four Beasts in One / How to Write a Blackwood Article / King Pest / Ligeia / Lionizing / Loss of Breath / Man That Was Used Up / Metzengerstein / Morella / MS. Found in a Bottle / Predicament / Shadow / Silence / Tale of Jerusalem / Unparalleled Adventures of One Hans Pfaall / William Wilson) was written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1909.

What genre is The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Tales - Volume I (Assignation / Berenice / Bon-Bon / Conversation of Eiros and Charmion / Descent into the Maelstrom / Devil in the Belfry / Duc De L'Omelette / Fall of the House of Usher / Four Beasts in One / How to Write a Blackwood Article / King Pest / Ligeia / Lionizing / Loss of Breath / Man That Was Used Up / Metzengerstein / Morella / MS. Found in a Bottle / Predicament / Shadow / Silence / Tale of Jerusalem / Unparalleled Adventures of One Hans Pfaall / William Wilson)?

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

How long is The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Tales - Volume I (Assignation / Berenice / Bon-Bon / Conversation of Eiros and Charmion / Descent into the Maelstrom / Devil in the Belfry / Duc De L'Omelette / Fall of the House of Usher / Four Beasts in One / How to Write a Blackwood Article / King Pest / Ligeia / Lionizing / Loss of Breath / Man That Was Used Up / Metzengerstein / Morella / MS. Found in a Bottle / Predicament / Shadow / Silence / Tale of Jerusalem / Unparalleled Adventures of One Hans Pfaall / William Wilson)?

The median edition has 363 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

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