This book contains tales and poems by Edgar Allan Poe that became innovatve literature discoveries at the tme and extremely popular in its genre: The Fall of the House Usher, The Gold-Bug, poem The Raven. Edgar Poe was one of the frst American writers who wrote mostly novellas. Within twenty years Edgar Poe created two short novels, two poems, one play, about seventy stories, fiy poems and ten essays that were published in magazines and almanacs and then gathered in collecton books. Edgar Poe was highly valued by Jules Verne, Arthur Conan Doyle and Howard Phillips Lovecrai who admited his pioneer role in the genres they were popularizing.