Tales of Mystery and Imagination
By: Edgar Allan Poe ; with illustrations by Arthur Rackham.
Contributors: Rackham, Arthur, 1867-1939.
Series: Wordsworth classics
Publisher: Wordsworth Classics
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Ware
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9781853268441
Copyright date: 1995
Description: Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American of Ulster stock and a compelling writer who died, in tragic circumstances, at the early age of forty.

His neurotic temperament and addiction to alcohol go a long way to explaining the grotesque and tortured nature of his Tales of Mystery and Imagination many of which are pervaded by despair. This collection of Poe's best stories contains all the terrifying and bewildering tales that best characterize his work.

In addition to the Gothic horror of such famous stories as The Pit and the Pendulum, The Fall of the House of usher, The Premature Burial and The Tell- Tale Heart, all of Poe's Auguste Dupin stories are included. These are the first modern detective stories in English and include The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Mystery of Marie Rogét, The Gold Bug and The Purloined Letter.
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Table of contents: title: The Gold Bug; title: Tbe Facs in the Case of M. Vaklemar; title: MS. Found in a Bottle; title: A Descent into the Maebt'iim; title: The Murders in the Rue Morgue; title: The Mystery of Marie Rogét; title: lie Purloined Letter; title: Tie Fall of the House of Usher; title: "lie Pit and the Pendulum; title: Tie Premature Burial; title: Black Cat; title: The Masque of the Red Death; title: Tbe Cask ofAmontillado; title: The Oval Portrait; title: The Oblong Box; title: Tell-Tale Heart; title: Ligeia; title: loss of Breath; title: Sbadmv —A Pm•able; title: Silence — A Fable; title: The Man of the Crowd; title: Same Words witb a Mummy; title: The Imp of the Perverse