This grand tour of Edgar Allan Poe's greatest works provides ample evidence for the assertion that Poe is the undisputed father of horror, mystery, and science fiction. His astonishing, often profoundly macabre stories of deduction, fantasy and satire portray a world of uncompromising poetic and spiritual intensity in American letters. Includes the Fall of the House of Usher, The Black Cat, The Murders in the Rue Morgue and the Tell-Tale Heart, as well as some lesser known tales. The Poe Reader highlights the full force and breadth of Edgar Allen Poe's extravagant imagination and wit.