Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe



C O N T E N TS The Gold Bug ....... 1 The Facts in the Case of M Valdemar . . 41 MS. Found in a Bottle . . . . . 51 A Descent into the Maelstrom .... 64 The Murders in the Rue Morgue . . . 83 The Mystery of Marie Roget .... 122 The Purloined Letter . . . . . . 178 The Fall of the House of Usher . . . . 199 The Pit and the Pendulum ..... 220 The Premature Burial . . . . . 237 The Black Oat . . . . . . . 253 The Masque of the Red Death .... 264 The Cask of Amontillado . . . . 271 The Oval Portrait . . . . .· 278 The Oblong Box . . . . . . . 282 The Tell-Tale Heart . . .... 295 Ligeia . . ....... 300 Loss of Breath . . ..... 318 Shadow - A Parable ..... . 332 Silence - A Fable . . . . . . . 335 The Man of the Crowd . . . . . 339 Some Words with a Mummy . . . . 349
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