10 Surprising Things about Edgar Allan Poe

American poet and writer Edgar Allan Poe is a giant of American literature. The dark, brooding atmosphere of works such as “The Raven” and “Fall of the House of Usher,” the dread and fear evoked by “The Pit and the Pendulum” and the mystery of “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” all testify to a […]

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