Publication

1994 - Penguin Books, London

Language

English

Word Count

101,500 words, Guess

Page Count

406 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • Internet Archiveselectedtales0000poee
  • ISBN-100140621164
  • ISBN-139780140621167
  • LibraryThing15559
  • Goodreads12317838
and 8 more
  • OCLC Control Number780885237
  • Better World Bookskr-360-004
  • Better World Books9780140621167
  • Better World BooksKO-676-568
  • Better World BooksKO-914-876
  • Better World BooksKP-111-325
  • Better World BooksO7-DNP-054
  • Open LibraryOL7357125M

Description

[Assignation](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15645797W) [Black Cat](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41068W) [Cask of Amontillado](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41016W) Colloquy of M0nos and Una [Descent into the Maelstrom](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL273476W) Domain of Arnheiu Duc de L'omelette [Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL40987W) [Fall of the House of Usher](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL40987W) Gold-Bug How to Write a Blackwood Article [Imp of the Perverse](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15481077W) [Island of the Fay](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15645993W) Ligeia [Masque of the Red Death](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41050W) Ms. Found in a Bottle Murders in the Rue Morgue Mystery of Marie Rogit Oval Portrait [Pit and the Pendulum](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL273550W) [Premature Burial](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24583029W) [Purloined Letter](https://openlibraryorg/works/OL41065W) [Tell-tale Heart](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41059W) [Von Kempelen and His Discovery](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL25111544W) [William Wilson](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16088822W)

Description

The undisputed master of terror and mystery, Edgar Allan Poe was a unique inventor in fiction. In 'The Fall of the House of Usher' and 'The Black Cat' he wrote the first and best tales of terror; with 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' and his fictional detective M. Dupin he invented the detective story; and tales such as 'MS. Found in a Bottle' and 'Von Kempelen and His Discovery' pioneered modern science-fiction. As readers will discover, Poe possessed an unrivalled capacity to create atmosphere and suspense, and to probe the dark depths of the human psyche. All the stories in this volume push back the boundaries, making the improbable possible, the familiar terrifying and strange. --back cover

First Sentence

OF my country and of my family I have little to say.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Selected TalesPaperbackPenguin Books1994-01-01

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