Essential Tales and Poems [25 stories, 18 poems, 1 essay] cover

Essential Tales and Poems [25 stories, 18 poems, 1 essay]

by Edgar Allan Poe

25 stories: Metzengerstein Ms. Found in a Bottle Shadow: a parable [Silence — A Fable](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL13370628W) [Berenice](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15645808W) Morella Ligeia [Fall of the House of Usher](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL40987W) [William Wilson](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16088822W) [Descent into the Maelstrom](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL273476W) [Masque of the Red Death](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41050W) [Pit and the Pendulum](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL273550W) [Tell-tale Heart](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41059W) [Black Cat](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41068W) [Premature Burial](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24583029W) [Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL40987W) [Cask of Amontillado](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41016W) Hop-frog. The murders in the Rue Morgue The mystery of Marie Roget [Purloined Letter](https://openlibraryorg/works/OL41065W) The gold bug. [Imp of the Perverse](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15481077W) Diddling considered as one of the exact sciences The narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. 18 poems: The lake: to ____ Fairy-land Alone Israfel The valley of unrest The city in the sea Lenore Sonnet: silence The haunted palace The conqueror worm Dream-land The raven Ulalume: a ballad The bells To Helen A dream within a dream Eldorado Annabel Lee 1 essay: The philosophy of composition.

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?