Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Wordsworth Hardback Library) - Hardcover

Poe, Edgar Allan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1853268445 ISBN 13: 9781853268441

Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1995

Synopsis

This collection of Poe's best stories contains all the terrifying and bewildering tales that characterize his work. As well as the Gothic horror of "The Pit and the Pendulum" and other similar tales, all of Poe's Auguste Dupin stories are included.

About this title

Book Description:

Republished in a form suitable for students and general readers alike.

From the Back Cover:

THESE STORIES HAVE BEEN RETOLD FOR TODAY'S READER, WITH ATMOSPHERIC ILLUSTRATIONS, AN INFORMATIVE INTRODUCTION AND USEFUL NOTES. THE EBONY CLOCK STRUCK MIDNIGHT AND THE WILDLY DRESSED REVELLERS FELL SILENT AS THEY NOTICED A MASKED STRANGER IN THEIR MIDST. TALL, GAUNT AND WEARING A SHROUD, HIS MASK AND HIS CLOTHES WERE SMEARED WITH BLOOD THE MASQUE OF THE READ DEATH IS JUST ONE OF THE CHILLING STORIES IN THIS LIVELY RETELLING FROM EDGAR ALLAN POE'S CLASSIC TALES OF TERROR. THE STORIES ARE GUARANTEED TO SEND SHIVERS OF FEAR DOWN THE SPINES OF MODERN READERS, AS MUCH AS THEY DID WHEN THEY WERE FIRST PUBLISHED OVER 150 YEARS AGO.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1853268445
• ISBN 13: 9781853268441
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384
• Illustrator: Rackham Arthur