<human>:  Was proofreading Edgar Allan Poe works lucrative?
<bot>: No, proofreading Edgar Allan Poe's works is not lucrative. Proofreaders get paid a set rate based on the number of words in a document. Edgar Allan Poe wrote many short stories including the Oval Portrait which is two pages in length. Edgar Allan Poe's only complete novel: The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket was a mere 166 pages.