Edgar Allan Poe

Considered one of Poe's most famous and best constructed terror short stories, "The Fall of the House of Usher" is most likely to grab the reader in its clutches and never let them go. Running along the "dull, dark, and soundless" corridors of Usher's mansion or conversing with the terror-stricken and husky voice of its master, Poe's story reeks of morbidity and schizophrenia. Though relying on already established characters and themes from his previous...

La antología definitiva de los cuentos de Edgar Allan Poe, tan extraordinarios hoy como en su primera publicación, en una preciosa edición con tapa dura Incluye «La caída de la casa Usher», recientamente adaptada en Netflix y protagonizada por Bruce Greenwood, Carla Gugino y Mark Hamill Edgar Allan Poe libreró las terribles imágenes que atesora el subconsciente para dejarlas deambular entre sus páginas. Abanderado de la novela gótica y precursor...

Poe's brilliant account of committing a perfect murder, narrated from within the paranoid brain of the murderer.

"Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) is one of America's most beloved writers, most known for his short stories of mystery and horror. He was also an accomplished poet and tough literary critic. Much like the drama and fiction, Poe's life was full of hardships. Orphaned at a young age, he was raised by a foster family. As a young man, he developed problems with gambling, debts, and alcohol, and was even dismissed from the army. His love life was marked by...

After enduring many injuries of the noble Fortunato, Montressor executes the perfect revenge.

Presents an anthology of tales of horror and the supernatural.

'It was unnecessary for all to perish, when, by the death of one, it was possible, and even probable, that the rest might be finally preserved.' Travelling aboard a whaling vessel, a young stowaway is swept up in myriad misadventures - mutiny, shipwreck, cannibalism - narrowly escaping numerous brushes with death. This rousing story of a daring sea voyage also presents its antihero with a host of psychological dilemmas, and offers an important insight...

An illustrated collection of stories by the well-known horror author, including "The Gold Bug, " "The Tell-tale Heart, " "The Fall of the House of Usher, " and "The Pit and the Pendulum."

First published in a 1843 edition of The Saturday Evening Post, The Black Cat tells the story of a man and his increasingly antagonistic relationship with his cat. Akin to The Tell-Tale Heart and The Cask of Amontillado, The Black Cat investigates the psychological effects of guilt as well as the potentially destructive and violent consequences of alcoholism.