Cover of The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Vol. II (Assignation / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Domain of Arnheim / Fall of the House of Usher / Imp of the Perverse / Island of the Fay / Masque of the Red Death / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Mystery Op Marie Roget / Oval Portrait / Pit and the Pendulum / Premature Burial / Purloined Leiter / Tell-Tale Heart)
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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Vol. II (Assignation / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Domain of Arnheim / Fall of the House of Usher / Imp of the Perverse / Island of the Fay / Masque of the Red Death / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Mystery Op Marie Roget / Oval Portrait / Pit and the Pendulum / Premature Burial / Purloined Leiter / Tell-Tale Heart)

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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Vol. II (Assignation / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Domain of Arnheim / Fall of the House of Usher / Imp of the Perverse / Island of the Fay / Masque of the Red Death / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Mystery Op Marie Roget / Oval Portrait / Pit and the Pendulum / Premature Burial / Purloined Leiter / Tell-Tale Heart) is a gothic fiction and horror story collection by Edgar Allan Poe. The story is set in Toledo, in Carnival. It features Father Time, Prince Prospero and Marmontel. It deals with crime, first-person narrative, Homicide and Hyperesthesia.

At about 337 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

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Who wrote The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Vol. II (Assignation / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Domain of Arnheim / Fall of the House of Usher / Imp of the Perverse / Island of the Fay / Masque of the Red Death / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Mystery Op Marie Roget / Oval Portrait / Pit and the Pendulum / Premature Burial / Purloined Leiter / Tell-Tale Heart)?

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Vol. II (Assignation / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Domain of Arnheim / Fall of the House of Usher / Imp of the Perverse / Island of the Fay / Masque of the Red Death / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Mystery Op Marie Roget / Oval Portrait / Pit and the Pendulum / Premature Burial / Purloined Leiter / Tell-Tale Heart) was written by Edgar Allan Poe.

What genre is The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Vol. II (Assignation / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Domain of Arnheim / Fall of the House of Usher / Imp of the Perverse / Island of the Fay / Masque of the Red Death / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Mystery Op Marie Roget / Oval Portrait / Pit and the Pendulum / Premature Burial / Purloined Leiter / Tell-Tale Heart)?

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

How long is The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Vol. II (Assignation / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Domain of Arnheim / Fall of the House of Usher / Imp of the Perverse / Island of the Fay / Masque of the Red Death / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Mystery Op Marie Roget / Oval Portrait / Pit and the Pendulum / Premature Burial / Purloined Leiter / Tell-Tale Heart)?

The median edition has 337 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

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