Edgar Allan Poe Masterpieces Volume I

Stories in this collection

10 stories

• The Tell-Tale HeartA narrator insists on his sanity while an old man’s eye becomes an intolerable obsession.
• The Cask of AmontilladoA promised taste of rare wine draws an unsuspecting rival into the family catacombs.
• The Black CatA household pet becomes entangled in a narrator’s escalating cruelty and attempts to explain himself.
• The Masque of the Red DeathA prince throws a lavish masked ball while a deadly plague rages beyond his walls.
• The Fall of the House of UsherA visitor enters a decaying mansion where a family’s fears seem to inhabit the building itself.
• William WilsonA young man finds his reckless life shadowed by a double who refuses to leave him alone.
• The Murders in the Rue MorgueAn apparently impossible crime gives the observant C. Auguste Dupin a mystery to untangle.
• The Facts in the Case of M. ValdemarAn experiment in mesmerism tests the boundary between the final breath and what might follow.
• Hop-FrogA court entertainer and his companion face a king whose appetite for jokes has a cruel edge.
• The Pit and the PendulumA condemned prisoner must read the dangers of a dark cell as each new terror changes the rules.