This book contains the complete Edgar Allan Poe's tales and poems —over 135 works— in the chronological order of their original publication.

Some of the most notable are:

Tales:
- The Black Cat
- The Fall of the House of Usher
- The Masque of the Red Death
- The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
- The Pit and the Pendulum
- The Cask of Amontillado
- The Premature Burial
- The Purloined Letter
- The Tell-Tale Heart
- The Gold Bug
- The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
- The Murders in the Rue Morgue
- William Wilson

Poems:
- The Haunted Palace
- The Raven
- Annabel Lee
- The Bells
- Spirits of the Dead
- The City in the Sea
- A Dream Within a Dream
- To Helen
- Lenore
- Ulalume