Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Mystery and Madness
By: illustrated by Gris Grimley.
Contributors: Grimly, Gris, ill.
Edition: First Edition (1)
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780689848377
Copyright date: 2004
Subjects: Horror tales, American; Children's stories, American; Horror stories; Short stories
Other titles: Black Cat / Fall of the House of Usher / Hop-Frog / Masque of the Red Death
Description: A sweet little cat drives a man to insanity and murder....
The grim death known as the plague roams a masquerade ball dressed in red....
A dwarf seeks his final revenge on his captors....
A sister calls to her beloved twin from beyond the grave....
Prepare yourself. You are about to enter a world where you will be shocked, terrified, and, though you'll be too scared to admit it at first, secretly thrilled. Here are four tales -- The Black Cat, The Masque of the Red Death, Hop-Frog, and The Fall of the House of Usher -- by the master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe. The original tales have been ever so slightly dismembered -- but, of course, Poe understood dismemberment very well. And he would shriek in ghoulish delight at Gris Grimly's gruesomely delectable illustrations that adorn every page. So prepare yourself. And keep the lights on.
--front flap
Table of contents: title: The black cat; title: The masque of the red death; title: Hop-frog; title: The fall of the house of Usher.