Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Product Description This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. From the Back Cover THESE STORIES HAVE BEEN RETOLD FOR TODAY'S READER, WITH ATMOSPHERIC ILLUSTRATIONS, AN INFORMATIVE INTRODUCTION AND USEFUL NOTES. THE EBONY CLOCK STRUCK MIDNIGHT AND THE WILDLY DRESSED REVELLERS FELL SILENT AS THEY NOTICED A MASKED STRANGER IN THEIR MIDST. TALL, GAUNT AND WEARING A SHROUD, HIS MASK AND HIS CLOTHES WERE SMEARED WITH BLOOD THE MASQUE OF THE READ DEATH IS JUST ONE OF THE CHILLING STORIES IN THIS LIVELY RETELLING FROM EDGAR ALLAN POE'S CLASSIC TALES OF TERROR. THE STORIES ARE GUARANTEED TO SEND SHIVERS OF FEAR DOWN THE SPINES OF MODERN READERS, AS MUCH AS THEY DID WHEN THEY WERE FIRST PUBLISHED OVER 150 YEARS AGO.