The Tell-Tale Heart & Other Tales

A new, beautifully laid-out, easy-to-read edition of eight of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved short stories. This edition includes: The Tell-Tale Heart The Pit and the Pendulum The Cask of Amontillado The Masque of the Red Death The Black Cat William Wilson The Oval Portrait The Fall of the House of Usher<br/>Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) is best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is regarded as a central figure of American literature, as one of the country's earliest practitioners of the short story and the inventor of detective fiction and science fiction as respective genres.