Edgar Allan Poe. Complete collection of prose works. Volume 1

This book is the first volume of a collection of prose by Edgar Poe, known as an American cult classic of gothic and whimsical literature. His works reflect mysterious, mystical and unusual events that are outside the boundaries of ordinary life experiences, as well as the theme of death and its mystery. He uses mournful and tragic moods, which are characteristic of the direction of romanticism. This book contains works written between 1832 and 1838 , including Metzengerstein , The Manuscript Found in a Bottle, Berenice, The Incomparable Adventure of One Hans Pfaal , The Plague King , and the novel Arthur Gordon Pym's Tale of Nantucket " , which still remains the most mysterious work of the writer.