A nice edition with 18 illustrations and 7 classic Poe stories.<br/>The Fall of the House of Usher is a classic Poe short story, including themes of madness, family, isolation, and metaphysical identities. His works include stories of humor, imagination, and horror. He is most well-known for his poem The Raven but this edition contains some of his best-known short stories, including The Gold Bug, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Masque of the Red Death, The Black Cat, The Imp of the Perverse, and The Tell-Tale Heart.