Edgar Allan Poe (1809 – 1849)
Edgar Poe
Titles
Von Kempelen and His Discovery
I'd never really thought much about alchemy's real
C-
The Imp of the Perverse
It's strange that Poe couldn't publish this essay
C-
Four Beasts in One—The Homo-Cameleopard
Whatever this is—and I'll admit to not knowing wha
C-
The Duc de L'Omelette
There's atmosphere, and not much else.
C
The Sphinx
One of Poe's better short short tales.
B+
A Tale of Jerusalem
Perhaps an understanding of the Hebrew-Bible-fan-f
D-
Lionizing
I feel like this was some kind of shaggy-dog story
B-
Silence—A Fable
Reads like an Edgar Allan Poe wordcloud. There's a
D-
The Mystery of Marie Rogêt
Cross pollination of a Sherlock Holmes story and t
D+
The Man of the Crowd
The sketches of London are good, even if you might
B+
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
Perhaps a better hoax than it is a short story. It
C+
The Oval Portrait
A cute short one, redolent of <em>The Picture of D
B+
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
I'd love to see a modern adaptation, and the Ouran
C+
Loss of Breath
Maybe the humor just doesn't hold up after 200 yea
D
A Descent into the Maelström
There's a very good story in here somewhere, were
B