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Which story/poem etc should I read first if I want to be completely creeped out?

Allie It might not totally creep you out, but if you haven't read it yet, you should read "The Tell-Tale Heart." It is one of my favorites. …moreIt might not totally creep you out, but if you haven't read it yet, you should read "The Tell-Tale Heart." It is one of my favorites. (less)

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Edgar Allan Poe, is the most important writer in the American Literature. Now I want read his plots.

Freya Really really really awesome!!!

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What stories, poems and works are included in this collection?

Johnny The exact contents and order will almost certainly vary to a slight degree between editions (though it should be the same), but regardless, this is th…moreThe exact contents and order will almost certainly vary to a slight degree between editions (though it should be the same), but regardless, this is the Table of Contents per the 2011 edition with ISBN 9781607103141:

⥊ Collected Works, Stories and Poems ⥋
- Introduction
- The Unparalleled Adventure of One
- Hans Pfall
- 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
- The Oval Portrait
- The Purloined Letter
- The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade
- A Descent into the Maelström
- Von Kempelen and His Discovery
- Mesmeric Revelation
- The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
- The Black Cat
- The Fall of the House of Usher
- Silence—A Fable
- The Masque of the Red Death
- The Cask of Amontillado
- The Imp of the Perverse
- The Island of the Fay
- The Assignation (The Visionary)
- The Pit and the Pendulum
- The Premature Burial
- The Domain of Arnheim
- Landor's Cottage
- William Wilson
- The Tell-Tale Heart
- Berenice
- Eleonora
- Narrative of A. Gordon
- Pym
- Ligeia
- Morella
- A Tale of the Ragged Mountains
- The Spectacles
- King Pest: A Tale Containing an Allegory
- Three Sundays in a Week
- The Devil in the Belfry
- Lionizing: Some Passages in the Life of a Lion
- X-ing a Paragrab
- Metzengerstein
- The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether
- How to Write a Blackwood Article
- A Predicament
- Mystification
- Diddling: Considered as One of the Exact Sciences
- The Angel of the Odd
- Mellonta Tauta
- The duc de L'Omelette
- The Oblong Box
- Loss of Breath: A Tale Neither In Nor Out of "Blackwood"
- The Man That Was Used Up: A Tale of the Late Bugaboo and Kickapoo Campaign
- The Business Man
- Maelzel's Chess-Player
- The Power of Words
- The Colloquy of Monos and Una
- The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion
- Shadow—A Parable
- Philosophy of Furniture
- A Tale of Jerusalem
- The Sphinx
- Hop-Frog
- The Man of the Crowd
- Never Bet the Devil Your Head
- Thou Art the Man
- Why the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling
- Bon-Bon
- Some Words with a Mummy
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⥊ Poems ⥋
— Poems of Later Life —
- The Raven
- The Bells
- Ulalume
- To Helen
- Annabel Lee
- A Valentine
- An Enigma
- To My Mother
- For Annie
- To F—
- To Frances S. Osgood
- Eldorado
- Eualalie
- A Dream Within a Dream
- To M. L. S.
- To—
- The City in the Sea
- The Slleper
- Bridal Ballad
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— Poems of Manhood —
- Lenore
- To One in Paradise
- The Coliseum
- The Haunted Palace
- The Conqueror Worm
- Silence
- Dream-Land
- Hymn
- To Zante
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— Poems of Youth —
- Sonnet—To Science
- Al Aaraaf
- Tamerlane
- To Helen
- The Valley of Unrest
- Israfel
- To— (I)
- To— (II)
- To the River—
- Song
- Spirits of the Dead
- A Dream
- Romance
- Fairy-Land
- The Lake— To—
- Evening Star
- "The Happiest Day"
- Imitation
- Hymn to Aristogeiton and Harmodius
- Dreams
- "In Youth I Have Known One"
- A Paean
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Is this real leather? I really want to buy this edition but I'm worried.

Sharline Parker It doesn't feel like real leather, I have this and I know real leather when I feel and smell it and this is not it. Double check on google or call the…moreIt doesn't feel like real leather, I have this and I know real leather when I feel and smell it and this is not it. Double check on google or call the company to be sure.(less)

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which story ended unexpectedly or it blew your mind?

Ian Hodges A personal favourite is 'The Tell-Tale Heart.'

Hope this helps…moreA personal favourite is 'The Tell-Tale Heart.'

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