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Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, editor and critic and one of the leaders of the American Romantics. He is best known for his tales of the macabre and his poems, as well as being one of the early practitioners of the short story and a progenitor of detective fiction, as well as crime fiction in the United States. Poe died at the age of 40, the cause of his death a final mystery. His exact burial location is also a source of controversy.

Edgar Allan Poe

Young Edgar Allan Poe

Bust of Edgar Allan Poe in the University of Virginia.

The Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Monument dedication, 1875

Monument in Baltimore where Poe is buried

Original grave marker in Baltimore

Edgar Allan Poe

"The Black Cat," 1894-5

"Murders in the Rue Morgue," 1894-5

"A Descent into the Maelstrom"

"The Cask of Amontillado"

"The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar"

"Ligeia"

"The Masque of the Red Death"

"The Pit and the Pendulum"

"The Premature Burial"

"The Tell-Tale Heart"

Cover for The Raven with illustrations by Gustave Dore.

Dore - Illustration 2

Dore - Illustration 3

Dore - Illustration 4

Dore - Illustration 9

Dore - Illustration 10

Dore - Illustration 11

Dore - Illustration 14

Dore - Illustration 15

Dore - Illustration 24

"Al Aaraaf"

"Alone"

"The Bells"

"Dreamland"

"Eldorado"

"Fairy-Land"

"Israfel"

"Lenore"

"To the River--"

"The Raven," 1875

Edgar Allan Poe

Young Edgar Allan Poe

Bust of Edgar Allan Poe in the University of Virginia.

The Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Monument dedication, 1875

Monument in Baltimore where Poe is buried

Original grave marker in Baltimore

Edgar Allan Poe

'The Black Cat,' 1894-5

'Murders in the Rue Morgue,' 1894-5

'A Descent into the Maelstrom'

'The Cask of Amontillado'

'The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar'

'Ligeia'

'The Masque of the Red Death'

'The Pit and the Pendulum'

'The Premature Burial'

'The Tell-Tale Heart'

Cover for The Raven with illustrations by Gustave Dore.

Dore - Illustration 2

Dore - Illustration 3

Dore - Illustration 4

Dore - Illustration 9

Dore - Illustration 10

Dore - Illustration 11

Dore - Illustration 14

Dore - Illustration 15

Dore - Illustration 24

'Al Aaraaf'

'Alone'

'The Bells'

'Dreamland'

'Eldorado'

'Fairy-Land'

'Israfel'

'Lenore'

'To the River--'

'The Raven,' 1875