Collector's Library: Edgar Allan Poe : Collected Stories and a Selection of His Best Loved Poems (Hardcover)

from mldavis2

Much of Poe rates a 5-star. I read the complete works which included many early poems, a genre that Poe professed to love, and some secondary early works that lack the polish and sophistication of his masterpieces, hence the overall 4-star rating. I find Poe somewhat of a humorist with his occasi...

from MoonSpider

I got this collection set today and I couldn't be more pleased. :D It's the leatherbound edition sold by Barnes & Nobles with a ribbon bookmark, which is always very handy. The text is very easy to read and seems to have every last one of his works. Though currently out of print, I was lucky enou...

from caerulius

I love Poe. He's brilliant. So you may wonder why I gave this 4 stars, instead of 5? It's the book's fault, really. There is an enormous number of stories, articles and poems in this volume, and yet there is no header to the pages, telling you which story you are passing, which is frustrating whe...

from Duranfan

Most people are familiar with Poe from his Gothic Horror short stories (lovingly translated into some of the Hammer Film Classics) and not his other work. And that's the way it should stay. His non-horror stuff is very dry and not very interesting. Yawn.

from datrappert

This review was occasioned by re-reading, for the umpteenth time, "The Fall of the House of Usher". Like much of Poe, there are traces of sheer genius and elements, that if you care to look at them that way, are pretty bad writing. In this case, for instance, the narrator says on at least three o...