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 Burial The Domain Of Arnheim Landor's Cottage William Wilson The Tell-Tale Heart. Berenice Eleonora"

The story begins with the unnamed narrator arriving at the house of his friend, Roderick Usher, having received a letter from him in a distant part of the country complaining of an illness and asking for his help. Although Poe wrote this short story before the invention of modern psychological science, Roderick's condition can be described according to its terminology. It includes a form of sensory overload known as hyperesthesia (hypersensitivity to textures, light, sounds, smells and tastes), hypochondria (an excessive preoccupation or worry about having a serious illness) and acute...

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore- While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. "'Tis some visiter," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door- Only this and nothing more." -Edgar Allan Poe

This anthology of short stories by nineteenth-century and very early twentieth-century include both well-known authors Poe, Twain, O. Henry, Holmes, Harte, etc.and those largely unknown today. This volume offers those readers who take pride in having their own taste and criteria for what is enjoyable the opportunity to enjoy these forgotten treasures.

set in a nameless Italian city in an unspecified year and is about a man taking fatal revenge on a friend who, he believes, has insulted him. Like several of Poe's stories, and in keeping with the 19th-century fascination with the subject, the narrative revolves around a person being buried alive-in this case, by immurement.

The story begins with the unnamed narrator arriving at the house of his friend, Roderick Usher, having received a letter from him in a distant part of the country complaining of an illness and asking for his help. Although Poe wrote this short story before the invention of modern psychological science, Roderick's condition can be described according to its terminology. It includes a form of sensory overload known as hyperesthesia (hypersensitivity to textures, light, sounds, smells and tastes), hypochondria (an excessive preoccupation or worry about having a serious illness) and acute...

Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague known as the Red Death by hiding in his abbey. He, along with many other wealthy nobles, has a masquerade ball within seven rooms of his abbey, each decorated with a different color. In the midst of their revelry, a mysterious figure disguised as a Red Death victim enters and makes his way through each of the rooms. Prospero dies after confronting this stranger, whose "costume" proves to have nothing tangible inside it; the guests also die in turn

Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allen Poe, Volume 2: Illustrated by Harry Clarke and The Mysterious Shhhh. Five works by Edgar Allen Poe, with added notes delicious illustrations. A full-color book. Volume 2 contains The Fall of the House of Usher, Some Words with a Mummy, The Sphinx, The Devil in the Belfry and Never Bet the Devil Your Head. The perfect way to enjoy a haunting read.

Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allen Poe, Illustrated by Harry Clarke and Other, Volume One. This is the first volume of a series of full-color editions of Edgar Allen Poe's works illustrated by Harry Clarke and the mysterious Other. The six stories in this volume are; Ligeia, Morella, Berenice, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Masque of the Red Death and Metzengerstein. Irish-born illustrator Harry Clarke, (1889 - 1931) did a series of now-famous illustrations for Poe's stories in 1923. Each story in this volume includes the Harry Clarke illustration in sharp reproduction, as well as...