Although best known for his short stories, Edgar Allan Poe was by nature and choice a poet. From his exquisite lyric 'To Helen' to his immortal masterpieces, 'Annabel Lee' 'The Bells' and 'The Raven' Poe stands beside the celebrated English romantic poets Shelley, Byron, and Keats, and his haunting, sensuous poetic vision profoundly influenced the Victorian giants Swinburne, Tennyson, and Rossetti. This book is carefully illustrated by the famous illustrator and cartoonist William Heath Robinson. William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) is an artist whose work, whether in his well known humorous drawings or his illustrations for Kipling, Shakespeare or children's stories, is integral to British cultural heritage.

This book includes among others poems by Poe :

"Alone" (1875)
"Annabel Lee" (1849)
"The Bells" (1849)
"The City in the Sea" (1831)
"The Conqueror Worm" (1843)
"Dream-Land" (1844)
"A Dream Within A Dream" (1850)
"Eldorado" (1849)
"For Annie" (1849)
"The Haunted Palace" (1839)
"The Raven" (1845)
"The Sleeper" (1831)
"To The River" (1829)
"Spirits of the Dead" (1829)
"A Valentine" (1850)
"The Valley of Unrest" (1845)

and many more poems.

Edgar Allan Poe, né le 19 janvier 1809 à Boston et mort à Baltimore le 7 octobre 1849, est un poète, romancier, nouvelliste, critique littéraire, dramaturge et éditeur américain, ainsi que l'une des principales figures du romantisme américain. Connu surtout pour ses contes - genre dont la brièveté lui permet de mettre en valeur sa théorie de l'effet, suivant laquelle tous les éléments du texte doivent concourir à la réalisation d'un effet unique - il a donné à la nouvelle ses lettres de noblesse et est considéré comme l'inventeur du roman policier. Nombre de ses récits préfigurent les genres de la science-fiction et du fantastique.