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Edgar Allan Poe is seen today as one of the greatest practitioners of gothic and detective fiction that ever lived, and popular culture is replete with references to him. Collected in this audiobook are four tales of terror from the master himself. These beautiful yet haunting short stories include "The Pit and the Pendulum"; "The Tell-Tale Heart"; "The Raven"; and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue."
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“Poe constantly and inevitably produced magic where his greatest contemporaries produced only beauty.”
— George Bernard Shaw, praise for the author
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“It’s because I liked Edgar Allan Poe’s stories so much that I began to make suspense films.”
— Alfred Hitchcock, praise for the author
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About Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1848) transformed the American literary landscape with his innovations in the short story genre and his haunting lyrical poetry, and he is credited with inventing American gothic horror and detective fiction. He was first published in 1827 and then began a career as a magazine writer and editor and a sharp literary critic. In 1845 the publication of his most famous poem, “The Raven,” brought him national fame.
About William Dufris
William Dufris attended the University of Southern Maine in Portland-Gorham before pursuing a career in voice work in London and then the United States. He has won more than twenty AudioFile Earphones Awards, was voted one of the Best Voices at the End of the Century by AudioFile magazine, and won the prestigious Audie Award in 2012 for best nonfiction narration. He lives with his family in Maine.