The Best of Edgar Allan Poe

“The Best of Edgar Allan Poe” are eleven of Poe’s most memorable creations including the short stories that introduced the detective and Gothic genres to the United States. The stories are the originals—minimal word order and difficult vocabulary have been updated making the now dated language of over 150 years ago easily understood by today’s readers. End notes, interpretation, and discussion of major themes follow the text. A biography of Poe is included. For other classic short stories in easy to understand updated English search for “Simplified for Modern Readers Series.”