This title includes an introduction and notes by John S. Whitley, University of Sussex. 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","The Fall of the House of Usher","The Premature Burial"and"The Tell-Tale Heart", all of Poe"s Auguste Dupin stories are included.