A Selection of Short Stories

by Edgar Allan Poe

Overview

Sleep, those little slices of death — how I loathe them.

Behold: a selection of short stories from the master of the macabre, Edgar Allen Poe.

From the brilliant mind of a man responsible for popularizing the genres of detective fiction and science fiction come these unforgettable tales of death, decay, and the dark depths of human emotion. They will, almost inevitably, crawl under your skin and into your brain.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781789559507
Publisher:	Legend Press
Publication date:	05/15/2022
Series:	Legend Classics
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.08(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Edgar Allan Poe is considered to have been a vital component of Romanticism, the detective genre, the science fiction genre, and the existence of the short story itself. So influential was his work, there now exists the Edgar Award: for distinguished work in the mystery genre.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

Short Stories
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Oval Portrait
The Balloon Hoax
Berenice
The Black Cat
The Cask of Amontillado
A Descent Into The Maelstrom
The Fall of the House of Usher
Ligeia
The Masque of the Red Death
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Premature Burial
Metzengerstein
The Gold Bug
A Descent into the Maelström
The Purloined Letter
The Imp of the Perverse
Manuscript Found in a Bottle
 
Poems
The Raven
Annabel Lee
A Dream within a Dream
The Bells
Alone
The City in the Sea
Eldorado
The Haunted Palace
To My Mother
Lenore
Ulalume