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myLot reputation of 97/100. geminikid (1066) 3 years ago

My father and I were discussing the works of Edgar Allen Poe. He told me his favorite was "the tell tale heart" and how much it had chilled him. He also liked "The Raven" due to the poetic words that flowed poetically. Mine are "The Pit and the Pendulum" and "The Black Cat" I really don't know why I picked these two, but they grabbed me as if a hand was reaching out of a grave somewhere in my mind. The season of Halloween pales in comparison to what E A Poe has done for the written word. Do you have a personal favorite, and why? ninja

 

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1. myLot reputation of 94/100. sender621 (12069)   3 years ago

I didn't become familiar with Edgar Allen Poe until high school. We had to read several of his short stories and poems in an English class. i was fascinated by the raven and the pit and the pendulum as well. His writing just struck something inside me. I have read several things by Poe and I still react to it in the same way. The eerie words he penned are immortal!


myLot reputation of 97/100. geminikid (1066)  3 years ago

Thanks for your first, and best response. He is quite interesting, even after all this timethumbup

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2. Thiala (93)   ranked 2 out of 9 in edgar allan poe   3 years ago

I like The Fall of The House of Usher . I don't really know why except that I thought the end was very chilling and something about it just grabbed me and pulled me into the story .


myLot reputation of 98/100. Torunn (1536)  3 years ago

Me too! I have a collection of Edgar Allan Poes stories somewhere, and The Fall of The House of User was one of the best ones. Plus the one about a man with a dead wife who remarries, and then his wife comes back in the body of the second wife. Can't remember the name, but creepy ...

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3. myLot reputation of 99/100. catdla1 (3698)   2 years ago

My favorite has always been the Pit and the Pendulum. Growing up, our family frequently went to visit my grandparents. While there, there really wasn't much to do for a young teen, other that waiting for the 'grown-ups' to get ready to 'go somewhere' or 'do something'. This was a time before cable tv or the internet. My grandmother had a 10 volume set of Edgar Allen Poe works, for which I was thankful. I spent a lot of time reading, Mr. Poe became my favorite author and still is to this day.
I don't know if you've ever heard of Sheldon Rusch, but he writes mysteries that are built around Poe stories. Check them out, I think you'll like them.

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4. myLot reputation of 73/100. callmecat (280)   ranked 6 out of 9 in edgar allan poe   2 years ago

I haven't read all of his works, but The Black Cat is my favorite so far. I'm not really sure why, but the whole idea of it is just really haunting and I love the twists of it.

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