Edgar Allan Poe

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Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is one of the most important figures in American literature. Born in 1809, he is regarded as the inventor of the detective fiction genre and a master of Gothic horror and the macabre. A Descent into the Maelström is one of his classic tales — a story of a... fisherman caught in a terrifying whirlpool off the Norwegian coast. Poe's fiction is celebrated for its atmosphere of dread, its psychological intensity, and its extraordinary imagination. Poe died in 1849. His audiobooks and books offer listeners and readers the foundational works of Gothic horror and detective fiction — stories that have haunted readers for nearly two centuries. Read more Show less