The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Tales
$29.26
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
4 May 2012
Summary
A launch title in a major new paperback series - the Penguin English Library
The Penguin English Library Edition of The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Tales by Edgar Allan Poe
”…an agility astounding, a strength superhuman, a ferocity brutal, a butchery without motive, a grotesquerie in horror absolutely alien from humanity…”
Horror, madness, violence and the dark forces hidden in humanity abound in this collection of Poe’s brilliant tales, including - am…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141198972 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141198974 |
| Author: | Edgar Allan Poe |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 4 May 2012 |
| Weight: | 232g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 16mm |
| Series: | The Penguin English Library |
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About The Author
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-49) was born in Boston and orphaned at an early age. Taken in by a couple from Richmond, Virginia, he spent a semester at the University of Virginia but could not afford to stay longer. After joining the Army and matriculating as a cadet, he started his literary career with the anonymous publication of Tamerlane and Other Poems, before working as a literary critic. His life was dotted with scandals, such as purposefully getting himself court-martialled to ensure dismissal from the Army, being discharged from his job at the Southern Literary Messenger in Richmond after being found drunk by his boss, and secretly marrying his thirteen-year-old cousin Virginia (listed twenty-one on the marriage certificate). His work took him to both New York City and Baltimore, where he died at the age of forty, two years after Virginia.
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