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Synopsis
Collectors Edition! Highly Recommended!Volume One of a new five-volume edition of Poe's works, based on the Raven edition of 1903. It includes three articles about Edgar Allan Poe and the tales 'The Unparalleled Adventures of one Hans Pfaal', 'The Gold-Bug, Four Beasts in One - the Homo-Cameleopard', 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue', 'The Mystery of Marie Rogêt', 'The Balloon-Hoax', 'Ms. Found in a Bottle' and 'The Oval Portrait'.
Is The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes - Volume One (Balloon-Hoax / Four Beasts in One / Gold-Bug / Ms. Found in a Bottle / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Mystery of Marie Roget / Oval Portrait / Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall) appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 16 and up.
Poe's classic tales include psychological horror, murder mysteries with disturbing elements, and gothic atmosphere. Violence is present but described in 19th-century literary style rather than graphic modern prose. Themes of death, madness, and human darkness throughout.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include gore, murder, and death (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Teens interested in classic literature, mystery, and gothic horror will find Poe's pioneering detective stories and atmospheric tales of the macabre intellectually engaging.