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The Imp of the Perverse was a story about giving in to your feral desires to do things simply for the reason that they shouldn't be done. The protagonist apparently kills a neighbor by utilizing an idea he had previously read a memoir… read more
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This short story was hard for me to read due to my love for animals, and especially cats. When it comes to humans I have no problem with violence in fiction, but when an animal is involved I despise it. As a personal goal to read every… read more
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Classic Poe! The Tell-Tale Heart is probably the epitome of Poeism (if that isn't a word, it is now), perhaps only outdone by The Raven. The story's protagonist is an obviously mad character that thinks of himself as anything but. It… read more
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The Purloined Letter is probably my favorite short story by Edgar Allan Poe that featured C. Auguste Dupin. This story was particularly interesting to me due to the fact that it focused on the analysis of the personality of people to… read more
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The Fall of the House of Usher is among the most popular stories by Edgar Allan Poe. I believe this story contains a lot of symbolism that I didn't quite pick up in other stories by Poe. The Fall of the House of Usher symbolizes not only… read more
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The Mystery of Marie Roget is the second story by Edgar Allan Poe featuring the brilliant acumen of C. Auguste Dupin.
The story is based on an actual local mystery at the time and Poe decided that he would try to solve it by using the… read more
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The Murders in the Rue Morgue was the first of three stories featuring the sharp and witty C. Auguste Dupin, who also happens to be the inspiration for almost every detective story ever written. His unbelievable deduction methodology and… read more
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Eh, this story wasn't quite my cup of tea. I enjoyed how the stories were all old-time descriptions of modern day (in the 1840s) technologies and discoveries, but it wasn't enough to make me enjoy the entire story.
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I loved this story! Of all of Edgar Allan Poe's stories that I have read so far I believe that this is my favorite. At this point, I have only read about half of his work so this may change in the not so distant future. The mood is of an… read more
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This was my first introduction into Poe's use of deductive reasoning and I simply could not put the book down. The story focuses on an eldritch gold beetle discovered on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, but egresses far beyond the… read more