Edgar Allan Poe is considered the greatest American writer of the 19th century. His scary stories, parables and fairy tales surprised and amazed his contemporaries. The author's incredible imagination takes readers into the world of extraordinary phenomena and strange incidents; his tragic attitude towards life makes us think about the main questions; the situations in which he puts the heroes are possible in our time. This edition includes programmatic texts of the great classic, which most fully reflect his unique worldview and literary genius.