Edgar Allan Poe

Classic author · 4 stories · Action adventure, Detective stories, Gothic horror, Literary fiction

Edgar Allan Poe was a 19th-century American writer known for stories of mystery, dread, and the strange workings of the mind. Here you’ll find his stories, from the unsettling “The Tell-Tale Heart” to the detective tale “The Purloined Letter,” and every story is free to read or listen to.

The Raven

5 min read · 🎧 6 min

On a bleak December midnight, a grieving student hears a tapping at his chamber door.

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The Oval Portrait

6 min read · 🎧 8 min

A wounded traveller shelters for the night in an abandoned château.

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Morella

10 min read · 🎧 13 min

A man marries Morella, a pale, brilliant woman who teaches him strange old philosophies.

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The Tell-Tale Heart

10 min read · 🎧 13 min

"True! nervous, very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?"

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