Even so, Poe creates a lot of suspense in the story by using more complex tools and narrative choices than just setting the stor
y on a stormy night in a haunted house or medieval castle. He withholds information, and carefully controls the pacing. These narrative choices are so effective that we are still reading Poe's stories (and being drawn in and scared silly by them) more than 150 years after they were first published.
Edgar Alan Poe is a timeless writer. Their stories are still relevant today, even though they were written over a hundred years ago. This proves the relevance that the author has in world literature, since his works continue to be translated and published in all corners of the world.
To be able to relate the mystery and the horror in a masterly way, which did not leave their narratives built with ingenious and dated fears, but with an emotional and psychological content that accompanies the evolution of the years and makes their narratives remain current, contemporary, relevant, agonizing and frightening for any reader at any age.
