# Poe's Tales of Mystery and Imagination

TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION
Illustrated by ARTHUR RACKHAM
    With Eight Plates in Colour and many Line Illustrations in the Text. Size 9 × 6 inches. 288 pages.
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It grew louder—louder—louder! And still the men chatted pleasantly, and smiled. [See page 21]
Tales of Mystery & Imagination By Edgar Allan Poe
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
London George•G.•Harrap•&•Co Ltd
First published 1935 by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. 182 High Holborn, London, W.C.
Copyright. All rights reserved.
Made in Great Britain. Text and black-and-white illustrations printed by Western Printing Services, Ltd., Bristol; colour plates by McLagan and Cumming, Edinburgh
CONTENTS
| | PAGE |
| The Imp of the Perverse | 11 |
| The Tell-Tale Heart | 17 |
| A Descent into the Maelstrom | 22 |
| The Cask of Amontillado | 36 |
| The Premature Burial | 42 |
| Hop-Frog | 54 |
| The Assignation | 62 |
| King Pest | 73 |
| The Pit and the Pendulum | 84 |
| The Masque of the Red Death | 97 |
| The Man of the Crowd | 103 |
| The Fall of the House of Usher | 111 |
| The Oval Portrait | 127 |
| The Gold Bug | 130 |
| Ligeia | 160 |
| Eleonora | 173 |
| Berenice | 178 ​ |
| Morella | 185 |
| MS. Found in a Bottle | 190 |
| William Wilson | 199 |
| The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar | 216 |
| Metzengerstein | 224 |
| The Murders in the Rue Morgue | 232 |
| The Mystery of Marie Rogêt | 261 |
| The Purloined Letter | 303 |
ILLUSTRATIONS
IN COLOUR
IN LINE
TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION
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