Selected Tales

The undisputed master of terror and mystery Edgar Allan Poe was a unique inventor in fiction. In 'The Fall of the House of Usher' and "The Black Cat' he wrote the first and best tales of terror; with 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' and his fictional detective M. Dupin he invented the detective story; and tales such as 'MS. Found in a Bottle' and 'Von Kempelen and His Discovery' pioneered modern science-fiction. As readers will discover, Poe possessed an unrivalled capacity to create... Voir plus