Poe excels equally as a poet, as a storyteller, and as a literary critic. Poe's writings, particularly his poems, appeal to those who feel deeply about life--not with the mind or with the heart, but with the soul. The sensitive reader becomes aware that something beautiful is happening in Poe's poetry and stories. The short stories in this offering include the best: "Ligeia," Fall of the House of Usher," "Murders in the Rue Morgue," "Masque of the Red Death," "Pit and the Pendulum," "Tell-Tale Heart," "The Gold-Bug," "The Black Cat," and "Cask of Amontillado."

There are forty-one poems which include "The Raven," "The Bells," "Annabel Lee," "The City in the Sea," and "Israfel."