Edgar Allan Poe’s best-selling book in his lifetime was The Conchologist’s First Book, a guide to sea shells. The work is largely an abridged version of a previously published textbook (this has led some to accuse Poe of plagiarism).

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8 Creepy Critters in the Work of Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe was an early master of horror. He famously seated its source in the soul, writing "If in many of my productions terror has been the basis, I maintain that terror is not of Germany but of the soul.” His uncanny ability to sound the depths of the human psyche is demonstrated in many