--- product_id: 2462463 title: "The Portable Edgar Allan Poe (Penguin Classics)" price: "£19.98" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/2462463-the-portable-edgar-allan-poe-penguin-classics store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # The Portable Edgar Allan Poe (Penguin Classics) **Price:** £19.98 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Portable Edgar Allan Poe (Penguin Classics) - **How much does it cost?** £19.98 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/2462463-the-portable-edgar-allan-poe-penguin-classics) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The Portable Edgar Allan Poe compiles Poe's greatest writings: tales of fantasy, terror, death, revenge, murder, and mystery, including "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Cask of Amontillado," "The Masque of the Red Death," and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," the world's first detective story. In addition, this volume offers letters, articles, criticism, visionary poetry, and a selection of random "opinions" on fancy and the imagination, music and poetry, intuition and sundry other topics. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Review: the latest edition fills in the holes - The Portable Poe is worth buying simply because it contains a selection of Poe's letters. This latest edition fills in the some holes left by omissions in the previous version, by including such stories as The Imp of the Perverse, The Oblong Box, The System of Tarr and Fether, and Some Words with a Mummy; these stories for me anyway make it more comprehensive. Of course for a Poe fan I am sure some beloved stories are not included, but one can read this volume and have a pretty comprehensive view of Poe. On a minor note, I personally preferred the arrangement of the previous edition in terms of putting the letters first as opposed to last. Why this is? I cannot really say. The expansion of the Observations section is nice as well. Overall if you own a previous edition, no real need to buy this newest one, if you don't own the older one, get this one. Review: Amazing! - I was already a huge fan of Edgar Allan Poe from high school and just reading his stories on my free time that I wanted a book with my favorites stories in it and I'm glad to say this book has them. Penguin does it again gathering the best of the best. I recommend getting this book if you're starting to get into Poe or want to get into his work. And for the already Poe fans, this book comes with his best short stories, his poems and letters he wrote so you do get a great amount for a great price. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #64,941 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #421 in Short Stories Anthologies #1,831 in Classic Literature & Fiction #4,478 in Literary Fiction (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 234 Reviews | ## Images ![The Portable Edgar Allan Poe (Penguin Classics) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81mLipbWSaL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ the latest edition fills in the holes *by Z***S on May 31, 2011* The Portable Poe is worth buying simply because it contains a selection of Poe's letters. This latest edition fills in the some holes left by omissions in the previous version, by including such stories as The Imp of the Perverse, The Oblong Box, The System of Tarr and Fether, and Some Words with a Mummy; these stories for me anyway make it more comprehensive. Of course for a Poe fan I am sure some beloved stories are not included, but one can read this volume and have a pretty comprehensive view of Poe. On a minor note, I personally preferred the arrangement of the previous edition in terms of putting the letters first as opposed to last. Why this is? I cannot really say. The expansion of the Observations section is nice as well. Overall if you own a previous edition, no real need to buy this newest one, if you don't own the older one, get this one. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazing! *by A***R on April 17, 2017* I was already a huge fan of Edgar Allan Poe from high school and just reading his stories on my free time that I wanted a book with my favorites stories in it and I'm glad to say this book has them. Penguin does it again gathering the best of the best. I recommend getting this book if you're starting to get into Poe or want to get into his work. And for the already Poe fans, this book comes with his best short stories, his poems and letters he wrote so you do get a great amount for a great price. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Read to pass the time *by A***. on August 19, 2025* A good vade mecum! --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/2462463-the-portable-edgar-allan-poe-penguin-classics](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/2462463-the-portable-edgar-allan-poe-penguin-classics) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Kingdom* *Store origin: GB* *Last updated: 2026-05-21*