ty-five stories called Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque ("Poe, Edgar Allan," World Book Encyclopedia 591). Even when this collection failed to sale or gain recognition, Poe still kept a daily routine of w!
             orking on literature. In 1843 he sold 300,000 copies of "The Gold Bug" (592). Also in 1843 Poe published one his greatest works, "The Tell-Tale Heart" ("Poe Edgar Allan," Encarta Encyclopedia n. pag). Then again in 1845, Poe struck gold with his twelve stories in Tales and 30 poems in The Raven and Other Poems (592). In 1848, Poe explained his theor
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