MYSTERY/CRIME BOOK CLUB - "TALES OF EDGAR ALLAN POE"

Program Type:

Literature

Age Group:

Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults
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Event Details

Author, poet and literary critic, Edgar Allan Poe, is credited with pioneering the short story genre, inventing detective fiction and contributing to the development of science fiction.  However, Poe is best known for his works of the macabre, including such infamous titles as The Raven, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, Lenore and The Fall of the House of Usher.  Part of the American Romantic Movement, Poe was one of the first writers to make his living exclusively through his writing, working for literary journals and becoming known as a literary critic.  His works have been widely adapted in film.  Edgar Allan Poe died of a mysterious illness in 1849 at the age of 40.

The Mystery/Crime Book Club will focus

discussion on three tales:

Murder in the Rue Morgue

The Purloined Letter

The Tell Tale Heart

Copies are available for checkout at the Ocean Beach Library.  The book club is open to all and no registration is required.

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