I've recently been scouring my bookshelf for anything I haven't read, and today I came across a collection of Poe's short stories. I read the first story in the book "The Oblong Box", and while I found the ending average/good, the writing up until that point was just so difficult to enjoy. I could appreciate the difficulty of telling a story in less than 20 pages, and including such detailed background and description, but eh - I was surprised at what a let down Poe turned out to be.
I plan to atleast attempt a few more of the short stories - there's every chance I just didn't like the first that much - however I was wondering what others experiences with Poe are like. Do you enjoy his style? Can you recommend anything (either to read, or NOT to read ) by him?
I plan to atleast attempt a few more of the short stories - there's every chance I just didn't like the first that much - however I was wondering what others experiences with Poe are like. Do you enjoy his style? Can you recommend anything (either to read, or NOT to read ) by him?