{"product_id":"the-penguin-complete-tales-and-poems-of-edgar-allan-poe-von-edgar-allan-poe","title":"The Penguin Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdgar Allan Poe (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Edgar Allan Poe (1809-49) was born in Boston and orphaned at an early age. Taken in by a couple from Richmond, Virginia, he spent a semester at the University of Virginia but could not afford to stay longer. After joining the Army and matriculating as a cadet, he started his literary career with the anonymous publication of \u003ci\u003eTamerlane and Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, before working as a literary critic. His life was dotted with scandals, such as purposefully getting himself court-martialled to ensure dismissal from the Army, being discharged from his job at the \u003ci\u003eSouthern Literary Messenger \u003c\/i\u003ein Richmond after being found drunk by his boss, and secretly marrying his thirteen-year-old cousin Virginia (listed twenty-one on the marriage certificate). His work took him to both New York City and Baltimore, where he died at the age of forty, two years after Virginia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWill Self (Introducer) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWill Self\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of many novels and books of non-fiction, including \u003ci\u003eGreat Apes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Dave\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHow the Dead Live\u003c\/i\u003e, which was shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel of the Year 2002, \u003ci\u003eThe Butt\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction 2008, \u003ci\u003eUmbrella\u003c\/i\u003e, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2012, and \u003ci\u003eShark\u003c\/i\u003e. His most recent novel, \u003ci\u003ePhone\u003c\/i\u003e, was shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize. He lives in south London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9780670919840\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9780670919840","offer_id":39415436771421,"sku":"9780670919840","price":32.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/73461_fc6bf350-3bff-426c-866b-a318d198bd06.jpg?v=1787285145","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/the-penguin-complete-tales-and-poems-of-edgar-allan-poe-von-edgar-allan-poe","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}