Poe is generally considered the father of the detective fiction genre. His detective tales featuring C. Auguste Dupin laid the groundwork for future detectives in literature. This collection includes Poe''s mysteries, detective stories and crime tales.Table of Contents:The Murders in the Rue MorgueThe Mystery of Marie RogetThe Purloined LetterThe Gold BugThou Art the ManThe Man of the CrowdAsignationThe Tell-Tale HeartA Tale of the Ragged MountainsThe Oblong BoxThe Black CatThe Fall of the House of UsherThe Premature BurialThe Masque of the Red DeathThe Devil in the BelfryThe Cask of AmontilladoWilliam WilsonEdgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American writer, editor, and literary critic, best known for his poetry and short stories of mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and American literature as a whole, and he was one of the country''s earliest practitioners of the short story.
