"Old School" Book Discussion: Three Short Stories by Edgar Allan Poe

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Book Discussion

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Adults
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In school, it can be hard to enjoy books that are "mandatory reading", but looking back at those books through our older, wiser eyes can also bring a new appreciation for the classics. Now that you don't have to worry about getting that A+ on your book report, come discuss three of Edgar Allan Poe's short stories, here at your library.

 

Author and poet Edgar Allan Poe is credited with pioneering the short story genre, inventing detective fiction, and contributing to the development of science fiction. However, Poe is best known for his works of the macabre. Part of the American Romantic Movement, Poe was one of the first writers to make his living exclusively through his writing, working for literary journals and becoming known as a literary critic, before dying of a mysterious illness in 1849 at the young age of 40.

The three short stories we'll be discussing are The Tell-Tale Heart, The Cask of Amontillado, and The Pit and the Pendulum. Poe's short stories are often bound together with his other works, so feel free to read some of his other short stories and poetry as well!

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