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Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore

Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore: Poe's Letters: Poe to Joseph B. Boyd

For Students 9th - 10th
This letter, written December 25, 1839, contains the text to Poe's poem, "Silence--A Sonnet."
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Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore

Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore: Poe's Poems: Silence

For Students 9th - 10th
Edgar Allan Poe's "Silence" (later titled Sonnet--To Silence") can be accessed from this archive.
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Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore

Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore: Poe's Poems: Sonnet to Zante

For Students 9th - 10th
Read Poe's "Sonnet--To Zante" by accessing this archive of the poem's publishing history.
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Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore

Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore: Poe's Poems: Spirits of the Dead

For Students 9th - 10th
Read "Spirits of the Dead," originally titled "Visit of the Dead," by accessing this archive of the poem's publishing history.
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Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore

Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore: Poe's Poems: Stanzas

For Students 9th - 10th
Read "Stanzas," as it was published in "Tamerlane and Other Poems," in 1827.
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Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore

Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore: Poe's Poems: Stanzas [To F. S. O.]

For Students 9th - 10th
Read Edgar Allan Poe's "Stanzas" [to F. S. O] as it appeared in "Graham's Magazine," a literary journal of the time, in 1845.
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Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore

Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore: Poe's Poems: Tamerlane

For Students 9th - 10th
Poe's "Tamerlane" was published and reprinted many times. Read the poem, in any one of many published forms, from this archive of the poem's publishing history.
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Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore

Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore: Poe's Tales: The Black Cat

For Students 9th - 10th
Read Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat" by accessing one of the versions made available by the Poe Society.
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Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore

Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore: Poe's Poems: O, Tempora! O, Mores!

For Students 9th - 10th
Read Edgar Allan Poe's poem "O, Tempora! O, Mores!" in a version transcribed from the 1868 edition of "Southern Opinion."
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Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore

Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore: Poe's Letters: Poe to Anson G. Chester

For Students 9th - 10th
In a letter written by Poe to A. G. Chester, dated April 1, 1849, he included the text of "For Annie," before the poem's publication.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Why the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling"

For Students 11th - 12th
Edgar Allan Poe purposely misspells words in the amusing short story "Why the Little Frenchman Wears his Hand in a Sling". Read this challenging short story on this site.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "William Wilson" by Edgar Allan Poe

For Students 9th - 10th
An unnamed narrator tells his story of his sudden and complete turn to evil in this short story by Edgar Allan Poe. Read the full text of "William Wilson" on this site.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "X Ing a Paragrab" by Edgar Allan Poe

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the comical story "X-ing a Paragrab" by Edgar Allan Poe about a main character named "Mr. Touch and go Bullet Head".
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Hop Frog by Edgar Allan Poe

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource includes the full text of a classic short story by Edgar Allan Poe, "Hop-Frog." This story is part of the classic literature collection from Classic Reader.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" by Edgar Allan Poe

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the short story "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" by Edgar Allan Poe. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the short story "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether" by Poe

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the short "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether" by Edgar Allan Poe. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "A Tale of Jerusalem" by Edgar Allan Poe

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the short "A Tale of Jerusalem" by Edgar Allan Poe. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "A Tale of the Ragged Mountains" by Edgar Allan Poe

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the short "A Tale of the Ragged Mountains" by Edgar Allan Poe. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "A Tell Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the short "A Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Thou Art the Man" by Edgar Allan Poe

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the short story "Thou Art the Man" by Edgar Allan Poe. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader:"the Thousand and Second Tale of Scheherezade" by Edgar Allan Poe

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the short story "The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherezade" by Edgar Allan Poe. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Three Sundays in a Week

For Students 7th - 9th
A man and woman who want to get married seek the approval from an Uncle who will only let them marry when there are three Sundays in a week. Read the full text of this Edgar Allan Poe short story on this site to see if the wedding occurred.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Von Kempelen and His Discovery

For Students 9th - 10th
"Von Kempelen and His Discovery" by Edgar Allan Poe was written as a hoax to deter "forty-niners" from rushing to California in search of gold. Read the full text on this site.