American Short Fiction Essay: Edgar Allen Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne.

One of the American short fiction writers that was read was Edgar Allen Poe. The first book that was read of his was "The Gold Bug". The second book of Edgar Allen Poe was "The Murders in the Rue Morgue". "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" was the best short story that was written by Edgar Allen Poe. It was the best because Poe makes it seem like you, the reader, is the detective and …

…see other people's views on issues through writing. Edgar Allen Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne were very gifted authors and you can truly enjoy reading their short stories. *- The page numbers are given as they are listed on that certain page. All the short stories read were out of short story books with many different stories in them, so that page number applies to the whole book not just the individual short story page number.