EAN: 9780241739846

Bilder-Quelle: averdo

The 100th title in the much-loved Penguin Clothbound Classics series: a selection of stories poetry and other writings from the master of Gothic horror Edgar Allan Poe. This volume demonstrates the astonishing power and imagination with which Poe probed the darkest corners of the human mind. 'The Fall of the House of Usher' describes the final hours of a family tormented by tragedy and the legacy of the past. In 'The Tell-Tale Heart' a murderer's insane delusions threaten to betray him while stories such as 'The Pit and the Pendulum' and 'The Cask of Amontillado' explore extreme states of decadence fear and hate. This volume also includes the classic 'The Raven' among other poems and essays. This is the 100th volume in the Penguin Clothbound Classics series designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith. These delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design and this edition also includes special endpapers. Edited and with an introduction by the novelist curator and academic David Galloway. 'The most original genius that America has produced' Alfred Lord Tennyson 'Poe has entered our popular consciousness as no other American writer' The New York Times Book Review

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