The story begins with the unnamed narrator arriving at the house of his friend, Roderick Usher, having received a letter from him in a distant part of the country complaining of an illness and asking
This edition includes well-known stories such as "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue." Eye-catching, full-page images by Harry Clarke accompany every story, with additi
This collection of Poe's work contains some of the most exciting and haunting stories ever written. They range from the poetic to the mysterious to the darkly comic, yet all possess the genius for the
Edgar Poe was born the son of itinerant actors on January 19th, 1809 in Boston, Massachusets. Abandoned by his father and the later death of his mother, he was taken into the foster care of John Allan
Based on the popular short story The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, this haunting mini kit includes a beating” heart and a 48-page mini book with the classic short story, reprinted in full. A mus
The life of American writer Edgar Allan Poe was characterized by a dramatic series of successes and failures, breakdowns and recoveries, personal gains and hopes dashed through, despite which he creat
"The Tell-Tale Heart" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe first published in 1843. It is told by an unnamed narrator who endeavors to convince the reader of his sanity, while describing a murder he co
'Meantime the hellish tattoo of the heart increased. It grew quicker and quicker, and louder and louder every instant. The old man's terror must have been extreme! It grew louder, I say, louder every
Presents a collection of tales that lets you enter a world like a nightmare, haunted by dark fears, guilty secrets and the bloody consequences of rage, revenge and obsession.
A man visits his friend, Roderick Usher, who lies ill in a gloomy estate. Spooky events inside and outside the house escalate into a terrifying conclusion to the physical and ancestral House of Usher.
"The father of the detective novel and an innovator in the genre of American Gothic fiction, Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1949) made his living as America's first great literary critic. Today he is best reme
The midnight hour approaches. You lie in bed and try to sleep, but there is the howling ofthe wind outside, the creak of a floorboard, the scream of a cat, the ticking clock...Your heart beats, your s
The Purloined LetterThe Thousand-And-Second Tale Of ScheherazadeA Descent Into The Maelstrom.Von Kempelen And His DiscoveryMesmeric RevelationThe Facts In The Case Of M. ValdemarThe Black Cat.The Fall
The "Red Death" had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous. Blood was its Avatar and its seal—the redness and the horror of blood. There were sharp
A collection of horror stories includes depictions of a man haunted by the spirit of his dead wife, strange plots of revenge, and a traveler trapped on a ghost ship
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.'True! Nervous, very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had s
