作为美国最有创意的作家之一，埃德加•爱伦•坡影响了侦探小说和科幻小说的发展。他的一些诗歌——《乌鸦》、《钟声》和《安娜贝尔•丽》——一直是美国文学中****的作品。坡的恐怖小说仍然让所有年龄段的读者兴奋不已。本全集包含了读者们非常熟悉且最喜爱的作品，如《失窃的信》、《厄舍古屋的倒塌》和《莫格街凶杀案》，还有较少人知道的杰作，如《反常之魔》、《阿瑟•戈登•皮姆的故事》，以及《丽姬娅》（现在被认为是最早的科幻小说之一）。这部全集包含73篇小说，和53首诗歌，并大量选录了坡的散文、评论和新闻作品。

Edgar Allan Poe was one of the most original writers in the history of American letters, a genius who was tragically misunderstood in his lifetime. He was a seminal figure in the development of science fiction and the detective story, and exerted a great influence on Dostoyevsky, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jules Verne, and Charles Baudelaire, who championed him long before Poe was appreciated in his own country. Baudelaire's enthusiasm brought Poe a wide audience in Europe, and his writing came to have enormous importance for modern French literature. This edition includes his most well-known works--"The Raven, " "The Pit and the Pendulum, " "Annabel Lee, " "The Fall of the House of Usher, " "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"--as well as less-familiar stories, poems, and essays.