The Terrifying Tales

by Edgar Allan Poe

Overview

Contents:

THE PURLOINED LETTER

THE THOUSAND-AND-SECOND TALE OF SCHEHERAZADE

A DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTRÖM

VON KEMPELEN AND HIS DISCOVERY

MESMERIC REVELATION

THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF M. VALDEMAR

THE BLACK CAT

THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER

SILENCE-A FABLE

THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH

THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO

THE IMP OF THE PERVERSE

THE ISLAND OF THE FAY

THE ASSIGNATION

THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM

THE PREMATURE BURIAL

THE DOMAIN OF ARNHEIM

LANDOR'S COTTAGE

WILLIAM WILSON

THE TELL-TALE HEART

BERENICE

ELEONORA

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781541357075
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	12/30/2016
Edition description:	Large Print
Pages:	408
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.84(d)

About the Author

Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was orphaned at the age of three and adopted by a wealthy Virginia family with whom he had a troubled relationship. He excelled in his studies of language and literature at school, and self-published his first book, Tamerlane and Other Poems, in 1827. In 1830, Poe embarked on a career as a writer and began contributing reviews and essays to popular periodicals. He also wrote sketches and short fiction, and in 1833 published his only completed novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. Over the next five years he established himself as a master of the short story form through the publication of "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and other well–known works. In 1841, he wrote "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," generally considered the first modern detective story. The publication of The Raven and Other Poems in 1845 brought him additional fame as a poet.