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    Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque
    Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque
    Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque
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    Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque

    By Edgar Allan Poe

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    Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque is a collection of previously-published short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1840.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBooklassic
    Release dateJun 18, 2015
    ISBN9789635244317
    Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque
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    Edgar Allan Poe

    New York Times bestselling author Dan Ariely is the James B. Duke Professor of Behavioral Economics at Duke University, with appointments at the Fuqua School of Business, the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, and the Department of Economics. He has also held a visiting professorship at MIT’s Media Lab. He has appeared on CNN and CNBC, and is a regular commentator on National Public Radio’s Marketplace. He lives in Durham, North Carolina, with his wife and two children.

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