Complete Tales and Poems
No CoverComplete tales and poems by Edgar Allan Poe: gothic horror, early detective mysteries, and dark verse on madness, death, and the macabre.
Complete tales and poems by Edgar Allan Poe: gothic horror, early detective mysteries, and dark verse on madness, death, and the macabre.
will contain mild spoilers
Obsessive romantic love and morbid attraction; no explicit sexual content
Torture, live burial, murder, decapitation, cannibalism, and body horror
Sparse period diction; occasional ethnic and racial slurs in some tales
Recurring drinking; alcoholism drives violence in The Black Cat
No LGBTQIA+ representation depicted
Biblical allusions and afterlife motifs in poems and some tales
No fantasy magic or witchcraft present
Mesmerism, devil pacts, hauntings, and supernatural phenomena recur
Social satire; period racial and ethnic prejudice in characterizations
Self-destructive madness and perverse impulses; destructive obsession
Graphic animal cruelty, torture, confinement, and sustained torment
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