Edgar Allan Poe's Amusing Tales - A Collection of Short Stories — Edgar Allan Poe

This vintage book contains a collection of short stories written by Edgar Allen Poe. Displaying a more comedic side of Poe's writing, these masterful stories are highly recommended for all lovers of the form, and constitute must-reads for fans of Poe's seminal work. The stories included in this collection are: 'Bon-Bon', 'The Business Man', 'The Angel of the Odd', 'X-Ing A Paragrab' and 'Never Bet the Devil Your Head'. Edgar Allan Poe (1809â€"1849) was an American author, editor, poet, and critic. Most famous for his stories of mystery and horror, he was one of the first American short story writers, and is widely considered to be the inventor of the detective fiction genre. Many antiquarian books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this collection now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.