The Poe Project

by Jeff Baker

Introduction: The Neglected Poe

Mention Edgar Allan Poe and several stories immediately come to mind: “Fall of the House of Usher.” “Pit and the Pendulum.” “The Purloined Letter.” “The Black Cat.”

Everybody knows those. But how many people have read “Some Words With a Mummy,” “Morella,” “The Island of the Fay” or “The Conversation of Eros and Charmion?”

As part of my personal reading project I’m going to read my way through some of the lesser-known, or less-talked about and reprinted Poe stories. At least I haven’t read most of them! And I’ll try to post my results hear or on the Reading Reports I said I’d do.

So, here’s a starter list. I realize that some of these may be more familiar to a lot of other people than me but I’m posting it anyway. They are all available online and a Complete Poe is always in print somewhere!

The Island of the Fay

Lionizing

“Thou Art the Man”

The Imp of the Perverse

Four Beasts in One

King Pest

Von Kempelen and His Discovery

The Assignation