Books by Edgar Poe

Classic / British English Are you brave enough to read four of Poe's famous horror stories? Edgar Allan Poe wrote strange stories about terrible people and evil crimes. Don't read this book late at night! Book and MP3 pack.

Here is a test, a puzzle for you. It is a faithful account of two most gruesome murders. Can you work out what actually happened in the early hours of one fateful morning in the Rue Morgue?

This collection brings together some of the best examples of late nineteenthand early twentieth-century short stories. Some are about ordinary people to whom something unexpected happens. Others are about unusual characters or events. Some of the stories are funny and others are more serious. All of them are highly enjoyable.

Classic / British English Are you brave enough to read four of Poe's famous horror stories? Edgar Allan Poe wrote strange stories about terrible people and evil crimes. Don't read this book late at night!

There are five stories in this book. ' The Fall of the House of Usher' and ' The Barrel of Amontillado' are stories of madness; ' The Maelstroem' describes fear of death during a storm on the ocean; and in ' The Murders of the Rue Morgue' and ' The Stolen Letter' meet C. Auguste Dupin, Poe's famous Parisian detective.