The eerie tales of Edgar Allan Poe remain among the most brilliant and influential works in American literature. Some of the celebrated tales contained in this unique volume include: the world's first two detective stories -- The Murders in the Rue Morgue and The Purloined Letter; and three stories sure to make a reader's hair stand on end -- The Cask of Amontillado, The Tell-Tale Heart, and The Masque of the Red Death.<br>-- Includes a New Introduction by Stephen Marlowe, author of The Memoirs of Christopher Columbus and The Lighthouse at the End of the World<br>-- The Signet Classic Edition of The Fall of the House of Usher has over 250,000 copies in print!