by Edgar Allan Poe · Penguin Books, Limited (UK) · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140621167
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«Selected Tales» is a collection of horror and mystery stories by Edgar Allan Poe, published by Penguin Books in paperback (406 pages, in English).
The anthology brings together gothic tales of horror and mystery, with oppressive atmospheres and suspense, anticipating conventions of the detective story. It includes «The Fall of the House of Usher», «The Masque of the Red Death», «The Murders in the Rue Morgue» and «The Purloined Letter», along with travel narratives, metaphysical essays and political satires.
This 1994 edition belongs to the Penguin Popular Classics series, one of Penguin Books' classic collections.
For readers of classic fiction, gothic horror and detective stories, as well as those who prefer to read Poe in English.
Nineteenth-century American writer, poet and literary critic, master of horror tales and father of modern detective fiction.
