Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "The Premature Burial" by Edgar Allan Poe
Text of the short story "The Premature Burial" by Edgar Allan Poe. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "The Purloined Letter" by Edgar Allan Poe
Text of the short story "The Purloined Letter" by Edgar Allan Poe. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "The Oblong Box" by Edgar Allan Poe
Text of the short story "The Oblong Box" by Edgar Allan Poe. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
Other
Literature Network: Eleonora
Here is the full text of Edgar Allan Poe's short story, "Eleonora." Text can be searched for specific keywords and phrases.
TES Global
Blendspace: Symbolism in Poe's "Masque of the Red Death"
A thirteen-part learning module including links to images, texts, videos, and web links for students to use while looking at the symbolism in Edgar Allan Poe's short story "Masque of the Red Death."
English Club
English Club: Learn English: Reading: The Black Cat
The complete text of Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Black Cat" followed by a vocabulary list for the story.
English Club
English Club: Learn English: Reading: The Fall of the House of Usher
The complete text of Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Fall of the House of Usher" followed by a vocabulary list for the story.
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Commonwealth University: The Fall of the House of Usher
Complete text of Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Fall of the House of Usher" with hyperlinks to definitions and comprehension questions.
CommonLit
Common Lit: The Pit and the Pendulum
A learning module that begins with "The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Three Sundays in a Week
A man and woman who want to get married seek the approval from an Uncle who will only let them marry when there are three Sundays in a week. Read the full text of this Edgar Allan Poe short story on this site to see if the wedding occurred.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "Why the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling"
Edgar Allan Poe purposely misspells words in the amusing short story "Why the Little Frenchman Wears his Hand in a Sling". Read this challenging short story on this site.
Other
Classic Shorts: Classic Short Stories
This online story collection is classified alphabetically by author, and includes works by Jack London, James Joyce and Nathaniel Hawthorne. The word count for each story is given so the reader can determine the length of story the...
Shmoop University
Shmoop: The Black Cat
This site contains interesting information about the mystery writer Edgar Allan Poe. In addition, the short story, The Black Cat, is analysed in terms of characters and themes
TES Global
Blendspace: Poe: Comparing Versions of the Telltale Heart
A nine-part learning module with links to a video with biographic information about Edgar Allan Poe, a text about comparisons, and links to seven different video versions of Poe's short story "The Telltale Heart."
Other
Poe Decoder: The Masque of the Red Death
This site contains links to a summary of "The Masque of the Red Death" and essays about its setting, characters, point of view, style, and theme.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: The Cask of the Amontillado
This fascinating short story considered one of Edgar Allan Poe's best is thoroughly examined in this interesting and informative site.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Von Kempelen and His Discovery
"Von Kempelen and His Discovery" by Edgar Allan Poe was written as a hoax to deter "forty-niners" from rushing to California in search of gold. Read the full text on this site.
Google
Louisiana Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Grade 8: Tell Tale Heart: Unit Files
A Google Drive folder with instructional presentations, discussion questions, student activities, and assessments for the short story, Tell-Tale Heart.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Cambridge History of Eng and Am Lit: Later National Literature: Pi
This encyclopedia, "The Cambridge History of English and American Literature" provided by Bartleby.com, includes some information in Book III (Later National Literature) about realism as related to the writer Poe. Find this information...
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Ligeia
This site provides a fascinating look into Edgar Allan Poe's tale of a woman's surprising return from death. Many critics feel this is Poe's best short story and this site takes a thorough look at the characters, and themes.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: A Directed Listening Thinking Activity
Lesson which requires students to listen to The Tell-Tale Heart read aloud, answer prediction questions during the reading, and write written responses after. Excellent for beginning a mystery unit.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: The Tell Tale Heart
The famous short story, The Tell-Tale Heart, written by Edgar Allan Poe is profiled in this site. Read about the narrator and find out what motivates him in life. Interesting selections are quoted from the story and give insights into...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "A Widow" by Guy De Maupassant
Some consider Guy de Maupassant the French Edgar Allan Poe. Read the full text of his short story "A Widow" on this site and see what you think!