EDGAR ALLAN POE: ANNOTATED & ILLUSTRATED ENTIRE STORIES AND POEMS BY ANDREW BARGER. Poe has always fascinated me for some very strange reason, and now Mr. Barger has taken the entire collection of Poe's works, illustrated them & put them in a book 800 pages plus long. Like a fine vintage wine(AMONTILLADO perhaps?), Poe is meant to be read slowly and carefully.

There are plenty of books on Poe's work but this one not only has illustrations but footnotes at the bottom of the pages helping the readers interpret some of the words and phrases of Poe's time.

Before the author signed this book he asks "Do you know Poe?" My answer is "Yes, more so now seeing that I have read the book . If you are in the market for one of the most complete books on such a very underrated person of his time (Poe died poor) then this collection is the one to pick up.

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