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iPoe Story Reading Challenge hub page

This challenge has been launched both to celebrate the upcoming 200th anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe (January 19th 2009), and to fully accustom myself with a writer whose works I have quickly fallen in love with. The challenge is quite simple - to read the entire collection of Edgar Allan Poe stories (which in my reckoning amounts to a total of 73 unique works), with an open deadline for completion. Optimistically I would have set the deadline for completion for January 19th 2009, but realistically this is probably not achievable.

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  • Story collection and progress

    Below you will find the list of the 73 Poe stories. Each title in the list is linked to an online version of the story, and once read I also provide a ‘date read’ and ‘rating’ summary for each story, together with a link to my more comprehensive afterthoughts.

    Story No. Story Title Date Read Rating afterthoughts
    01 The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall 06-12-08 4/5 [afterthoughts]
    02 The Gold-Bug 11-12-08 3/5 [afterthoughts]
    03 The Balloon-Hoax      
    04 Von Kempelen and His Discovery      
    05 Mesmeric Revelation      
    06 The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar      
    07 The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade      
    08 MS. Found in a Bottle      
    09 A Descent into the Maelstrom      
    010 The Murders in the Rue Morgue      
    011 The Mystery of Marie Roget      
    012 The Purloined Letter      
    013 The Black Cat      
    014 The Fall of the House of Usher      
    015 The Pit and the Pendulum      
    016 The Premature Burial      
    017 The Masque of the Red Death      
    018 The Cask of Amontillado      
    019 The Imp of the Perverse      
    020 The Island of the Fay      
    021 The Oval Portrait      
    022 The Assignation      
    023 The Tell-Tale Heart      
    024 The System of Docter Tarr and Professor Fether      
    025 The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq.      
    026 How to Write a Blackwood Article      
    027 A Predicament      
    028 Mystification      
    029 X-ing a Paragrab      
    030 Diddling      
    031 The Angel of the Odd      
    032 Mellonta Tauta      
    033 Loss of Breath      
    034 The Man that Was Used Up      
    035 The Business Man      
    036 Maelzel’s Chess-Player      
    037 The Power of Words      
    038 The Colloquy of Monos and Una      
    039 The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion      
    040 Shadow - A Parable      
    041 Silence - A Fable      
    042 Philosophy of Furniture      
    043 A Tale of Jerusalem      
    044 The Sphinx      
    045 The Man of the Crowd      
    046 Never Bet the Devil Your Head      
    047 “Thou Art the Man”      
    048 Hop-Frog      
    049 Four Beasts in One      
    050 Why the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling      
    051 Bon-Bon      
    052 Some Words with a Mummy      
    053 Review of Stephens’ “Arabia Petraea”      
    054 Magazine-Writing - Peter Snook      
    055 The Quacks of Helicon - A Satire      
    056 Astoria      
    057 The Domain of Arnheim      
    058 Landor’s Cottage      
    059 William Wilson      
    060 Berenice      
    061 Eleonora      
    062 Ligeia      
    063 Ligeia      
    064 Metzengerstein      
    065 A Tale of the Ragged Mountains      
    066 The Spectacles      
    067 The Duc De L Omelette      
    068 The Oblong Box      
    069 King Pest      
    070 Three Sundays in a Week      
    071 The Devil in the Belfry      
    072 Lionizing      
    073 Narrative of A. Gordon Pym      

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    Enter the world of Poe

    Fancy entering the dark and often sinister world of Edgar Allan Poe and taking up the challenge yourself? Then be my guest! It couldn't be easier:
    1. Grab a copy of the challenge badge (three sizes are available - 75px, 155px and 300px).
    2. Drop me a note so I can link you on this hub page.
    3. Start reading!!
    Remember there is no deadline to this challenge, so just go at your own pace and enjoy yourself.

    'Best of the Best' Poe Links

    Following are what I consider to be some of the best Edgar Allan Poe websites that I've found so far. Always on the lookout for more, please pass on any of your own favourites.

    Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore
    Poe Webliography
    PoeStories.com
    The Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Raven Edition: 5 Volume)
    Edgar Allan Poe 200 Project
    Nevermore 2009
    MPT's Knowing Poe

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