EAN: 9780241739846

POE EDGAR ALLAN THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER ...

The 100th title in the much-loved Penguin Clothbound Classics series: a selection of stories 
poetry and other writings from the master of Gothic horror  Edgar Allan Poe.    This volume
demonstrates the astonishing power and imagination with which Poe probed the darkest corners of
the human mind. 'The Fall of the House of Usher' describes the final hours of a family
tormented by tragedy and the legacy of the past. In 'The Tell-Tale Heart'  a murderer's insane
delusions threaten to betray him  while stories such as 'The Pit and the Pendulum' and 'The
Cask of Amontillado' explore extreme states of decadence  fear and hate. This volume also
includes the classic 'The Raven'  among other poems and essays.  This is the 100th volume in
the Penguin Clothbound Classics series  designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith. These delectable
and collectible editions are bound in high-quality  colourful  tactile cloth with foil stamped
into the design  and this edition also includes special endpapers.  Edited and with an
introduction by the novelist  curator and academic David Galloway.   'The most original genius
that America has produced' Alfred  Lord Tennyson  'Poe has entered our popular consciousness as
no other American writer'  The New York Times Book Review

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