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Anewsix-volumeseriesofthebestinclassichorror，selectedbyaward-winningdirectorGuillermodelToroFilmmakerandlongtimehorrorliteraturefanGuillermodelToroservesasthecuratorforthePenguinHorrorseries，anewcollectionofclassictalesandpoemsbymastersofthegenre.IncludedherearesomeofdelToro’sfavorites，fromMaryShelley’sFrankensteinandRayRussell’sshortstory“Sardonicus，”consideredbyStephenKingtobe“perhapsthefinestexampleofthemodernGothiceverwritten，”toShirleyJackson’sTheHauntingofHillHouseandstoriesbyRayBradbury，JoyceCarolOates，TedKlein，andRobertE.Howard.FeaturingoriginalcoverartbyPenguinArtDirectorPaulBuckley，thesestunninglycreepydeluxehardcoverswillbeperfectadditionstotheshelvesofhorror，sci-fi，fantasy，andparanormalaficionadoseverywhere.TheRavenTheRaven：TalesandPoemsisalandmarknewanthologyofPoe’swork，whichdefiedconvention，shockedreaders，andconfoundedcritics.ThisselectionofPoe’swritingsdemonstratestheastonishingpowerandimaginationwithwhichheprobedthedarkestcornersofthehumanmind.“TheFalloftheHouseofUsher”describesthefinalhoursofafamilytormentedbytragedyandthelegacyofthepast.In“TheTellTaleHeart，”amurderer'sinsanedelusionsthreatentobetrayhim，whilestoriessuchas“ThePitandthePendulum”and“TheCaskofAmontillado”exploreextremestatesofdecadence，fearandhate.Thetitlenarrativepoem，maybePoe’smostfamouswork，followsaman’sterrifyingdescentintomadnessafterthelossofalover.
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EDGARALLANPOEwasbornonJanuary19,1809,inBoston,thesonofimpoverishedactors.Orphanedwhenhewasnotyetthree,PoewastakeninbyJohnandFrancesAllanofRichmond,Virginia.Afteramajorfalling-outwithhisfosterfatherin1827,PoeleftRichmondforBoston,wherehearrangedforthepublicationofhisfirstbookofpoetry,TamerlaneandOtherPoems.Hepublishedtwoadditionalbooksofpoetry—AlAaraaf,Tamerlane,andMinorPoems(1829)andPoems(1831)—andbegantopublishshortstoriesandbookreviews,gaininganeditorialpositionattheSouthernLiteraryMessengerinRichmondin1835.Perhapsalreadyprivatelymarriedtohisthirteen-year-oldcousinVirginiaClemm,hemarriedherpubliclyinMary1836.Bythistimehehadbegunworkonhisnovel,TheNarrativeofArthurGordonPym,earlychaptersofwhichwerepublishedintheMessengerofJanuaryandFebruary1837.ButonJanuary3,1837,Poelosthisjob(verylikelyowingtohisdrinking),andhemovedtoNewYorkCity,wherehecompletedthebook.PymwaspublishedbyHarper&BrothersonJuly30th,1838.PoehadbythenmovedtoPhiladelphia,wherehecametoserveastheeditorfortwoperiodicalsandwherehepublishedacollectionofshortstories,TalesoftheGrotesqueandArabesque(1840),aswellasmanyadditionalstories,includingtheprize-winning“TheGoldBug”andthefirstmoderndetectivestory,“TheMurdersintheRueMorgue”.However,hiswifedevelopedtuberculosis.ReturningtoNewYorkin1844,Poesoonreachedthepeakofhisfamewiththepublicationof“TheRaven”in1945.ThatyearalsosawthepublicationofbothTalesandTheRavenandOtherPoems—butPoe'sdrinkingledtothefailureofhisweekly,theBroadwayJournal.SettlinginFordham,PoecontinuedtowriteandtocareforVirginia,whodiedinJanuary1847.Inhisfinalyears,Poewrotesomeofhismostcelebratedpoetry,including“TheBells”,“Eldorado”,and“AnnabelLee”.OnOctober7th,1849EdgarAllanPoediedinBaltimore.GUILLERMODELTOROisaMexicandirector,producer,screenwriter,novelist,anddesigner.HebothcofoundedtheGuadalajaraInternationalFilmFestivalandformedhisownproductioncompany—theTequilaGang.However,heismostrecognizedforhisAcademyAward-winningfilm,Pan’sLabyrinth,andtheHellboyfilmfranchise.HehasreceivedNebulaandHugoawards,wasnominatedforaBramStokerAward,andisanavidcollectorandstudentofarcanememorabiliaandweirdfiction.S.T.JOSHIisafreelancewriterandeditor.HehaseditedPenguinClassicseditionsofH.P.Lovecraft’sTheCallofCthulhuandOtherWeirdStories,andTheThingontheDoorstepandOtherWeirdStories,aswellasAlgernonBlackwood’sAncientSorceriesandOtherStrangeStories.AmonghiscriticalandbiographicalstudiesareTheWeirdTale,LordDunsany:MasteroftheAnglo-IrishImagination,andH.P.Lovecraft:ALife,andTheModernWeirdTale.HehasalsoeditedworksbyAmbroseBierce,ArthurMachen,andH.L.Mencken,andiscompilingathree-volumeEncyclopediaofSupernaturalLiterature.,,,
