Great Tales of Terror
By: Edgar Allen Poe
Series: A Watermill Classic
Publisher: Watermill Press
Published: 1980
Language: eng
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages: 131
ISBN-13: 9780893753979
Copyright date: 1980
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories
Description: Welcome to a world of terror... Each descending sweep of the sharp pendulum brings the prisoner closer to death. One stroke neatly slices his robe. Another brings agonizing pain. Surely the next will end it all... 

If you like stories of mystery and suspense, get ready for Great Tales of Terror, by Edgar Allen Poe. This nightmarish collection includes these famous tales: "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Cask of Amontillado," "The Black Cat," and "Ligeia."
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Notes: US/CAN
Table of contents: title: The pit and the pendulum; title: The cask of Amontillado; title: The fall of the House of Usher; title: The black cat; title: Ligeia.