Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
By: illustrated by Barry Moser ; afterword by Peter Glassman.
Contributors: Moser, Barry, ill.
Publisher: Books of Wonder
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Library Binding
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780688075095
Copyright date: 1991
Subjects: Horror tales, American; Children's stories, American; Horror stories; Short stories
Description: Known throughout the world as the master of thc macabre, Edgar Alian Poe is one of America's most brilliant and original writers. His timeless sto- ries from over one hundred years ago have an international popularity that few authors can claim.

This deluxe illustrated edition fea- turcs fourteen of Poe's most vivid and evocative stories, including those which Poe himself named as his Iktst: "The Gold Bug," Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Fall of the House of Usher," and "A Descent into thc Maelstrom." Also included are such immortal tales as "Thc Pit and the Pendulum" and "Thc Cask of Amontillado."

Artist Barry Moser's eighteen pow- erful watercolors capture the unique blend of suspense and horror in Poe's work, making this a collection that will bc treasured by readers of all ages. --front flap
Table of contents: title: The imp of the perverse --; title: The tell-tale heart --; title: A descent into the maelstrom --; title: The cask of Amontillado --; title: The permature burial --; title: Hop-frog --; title: The pit and the pendulum --; title: The masque of the Red Death --; title: The fall of the House of Usher --; title: MS. found in a bottle --; title: The murders in the Rue Morgue --; title: The purloined letter --; title: The gold bug --; title: Berenice --