{"product_id":"great-tales-and-poems-9780307474773","title":"Great Tales and Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eA new selection for the NEA's Big Read program\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A compact selection of Poe's greatest stories and poems, chosen by the National Endowment for the Arts for their Big Read program. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This selection of eleven stories and seven poems contains such famously chilling masterpieces of the storyteller's art as \"The Tell-tale Heart,\" \"The Fall of the House of Usher,\" \"The Cask of Amontillado,\" and \"The Pit and the Pendulum,\" and such unforgettable poems as \"The Raven,\" \"The Bells,\" and \"Annabel Lee.\" Poe is widely credited with pioneering the detective story, represented here by \"The Purloined Letter,\" \"The Mystery of Marie Roget,\" and \"The Murders in the Rue Morgue.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Also included is his essay \"The Philosophy of Composition,\" in which he lays out his theory of how good writers write, describing how he constructed \"The Raven\" as an example.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307474773\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 249\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.30w x 0.75d","brand":"Edgar Allan Poe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635586429084,"sku":"9780307474773","price":12.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_cb7dadcf-ca3b-4247-8fd2-3ba1486f00af.jpg?v=1603839981","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/great-tales-and-poems-9780307474773","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}