He considered his own greatest work not to be one of his gothic tales but rather his epic prose poem "Eureka," in which he expounded his own personal view of the cosmographical nature of the universe.
او بزرگترین کارش را نه افسانه‌های گوتیک بلکه شعر نثر "یورکا" می‌دانست که در آن دیدگاه شخصی‌اش را درباره ماهیت کیهانی جهان شرح داده بود.