Tales of Mystery and Imagination

This collection of Poe's best stories contains all the terrifying and bewildering tales that characterise his work, from Gothic horror to the first modern detective stories.

With an Introduction by John S. Whitley, University of Sussex.

This collection of Poe's best stories contains all the terrifying and bewildering tales that characterise his work. As well as the Gothic horror of such famous stories as 'The Pit and the Pendulum', 'The Fall of the House of Usher', 'The Premature Burial' and 'The Tell-Tale Heart', all of Poe's Auguste Dupin stories are included.

These are the first modern detective stories and include 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue', 'The Mystery of Marie Roget' and 'The Purloined Letter'.

Contents:

The Gold Bug
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
MS. Found in a Bottle
A Descent into the Maelström
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Mystery of Marie Rogêt
The Purloined Letter
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Premature Burial
The Black Cat
The Masque of the Red Death
The Cask of Amontillado
The Oval Portrait
The Oblong Box
The Tell-Tale Heart
Ligeia
Loss of Breath
Shadow – A Parable
Silence – A Fable
The Man of the Crowd
Some Words with a Mummy

Contributor: John S. Whitley (Introduction by), David Stuart Davies (Series edited by)

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