Lords of the Housetops-Thirteen Cat Tales has short stories by many famous authors, including Mark Twain, Honore de Balzac, Edgar Allan Poe and many others."

Eureka, A Prose Poem is over 40,000 words in length and it is not a poem! It was Poes last major work and was based on a lecture Poe presented in 1848, titled "On The Cosmography of the Universe". He had hoped for an audience of hundreds and that the proceeds of the lecture would pay for his new journal "The Stylus". However, only 60 attended and they went away confused. In Eureka, Poe explains the universe and the relationship of people with God based on the proposition "Because Nothing was, therefore All Things are".

This second volume, of a new five-volume edition of Poe's works based on the Raven edition of 1903, contains many of Poe's most celebrated chilling tales. The complete contents is: The Purloined Letter, The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade, A Descent into the Maelstrom, Von Kempelen and his Discovery, Mesmeric Revelation, The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, The Black Cat, The Fall of the House of Usher, Silence: a Fable, The Masque of the Red Death, The Cask of Amontillado, The Imp of the Perverse, The Island of the Fay, The Assignation, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Premature...

Ghost stories became very popular in the first half of the nineteenth century and this collection by Andrew Barger contains the very scariest of them all. Some stories thought too horrific were published anonymously like "A Night in a Haunted House" and "The Deaf and Dumb Girl." The later story is collected for the first time in any anthology since its original publication in 1839. The other ghost stories in this fine collection are by famous authors. "The Mask of the Red Death," by Edgar Allan Poe; "A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family," by Joseph Sheridan le Fanu; "The Spectral...

A new six-volume series of the best in classic horror, selected by award-winning director Guillermo del Toro
Filmmaker and longtime horror literature fan Guillermo del Toro serves as the curator for the Penguin Horror series, a new collection of classic tales and poems by masters of the genre. Included here are some of del Toro s favorites, from Mary Shelley sFrankensteinand Ray Russell s short story Sardonicus, considered by Stephen King to be perhaps the finest example of the modern Gothic ever written, to Shirley Jackson sThe Haunting of Hill Houseand stories by...

This single volume brings together all of Poe's stories and poems, and illuminates the diverse and multifaceted genius of one of the greatest and most influential figures in American literary history.

"The Fall of the House of Usher" ist ein Meisterwerk Edgar Allan Poes, das mehrmals verfilmt wurde

Assembled for the first time is a complete collection of Edgar Allan Poes science fiction stories. These sixteen tales include Poes only novel Arthur Gordon Pym, which is filled with fantastical thoughts on life at the south polar region. The Unparalleled Adventures of Hans Pfall involves space travel and aliens, Some Words with a Mummy explores the realm of alternate history and suspended animation, while Eureka introduces the big bang theory eighty years before its time. Known for his tales of horror, Edgar Allan Poe shaped the building blocks of science fiction. His scientific speculation...

This book contains 29 classic tales of mystery and imagination by Edgar Allan Poe. It is pictured throughout with the incredible line drawings of Harry Clarke. Tales include: Morella, Ligeia, The Murders in Rue Morgue, The Masque of Red Death, The Black Cat and many others.

This vintage book contains a fantastic collection of short stories by Edgar Allen Poe, including Thou art the Man, The Black Cat, The Gold-Bug, The Imp of the Perverse, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Mystery of Marie Roget, The Purloined Letter, and The Tell-Tale Heart. These marvellous examples of Poe’s masterful fiction writing prowess are highly recommended for lovers of the detective genre, and would make for worthy additions to any collection. Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was an American author, editor, poet, and critic. Most famous for his stories of mystery and horror, he was...