Afterword by Peter Glassman. This deluxe illustrated edition features a selection of vivid tales, including "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Pit and the Pendulum." "Moser's watercolor paintings...are both macabre and understated. The best of them make us further imagine the terrible things beyond the edge."--Booklist. A Books of wonder Classic.
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Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) reigns unrivaled in his mastery of mystery.Born in Boston, he was orphaned at age three, expelled from West Point for gambling, and became an alcoholic.In 1836 he secretly wed his thirteen-year-old cousin. The Raven, published in 1845, made Poe famous.He died in 1849 under what remain suspicious circumstances.
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IN THE CONSIDERATION OF THE FACULTIES AND impulses-of the primum mobiles-of the human soul, the phrenologists have failed to make room for a propensity which, although obviously existing as a radical, primitive, irreducible sentiment, has been equally overlooked by all the moralists who have preceded them. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Massa Will, Madame L'Espanaye, Rue Morgue, House of Usher, Mademoiselle L'Espanaye, Prince Prospero, Red Death, Lady Madeline, Roderick Usher, Sullivan's Island New!
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IN THE CONSIDERATION OF THE FACULTIES AND impulses-of the primum mobiles-of the human soul, the phrenologists have failed to make room for a propensity which, although obviously existing as a radical, primitive, irreducible sentiment, has been equally overlooked by all the moralists who have preceded them. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Massa Will, Madame L'Espanaye, Rue Morgue, House of Usher, Mademoiselle L'Espanaye, Prince Prospero, Red Death, Lady Madeline, Roderick Usher, Sullivan's Island New!
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- The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Black Cat and Other Stories (Penguin Readers, Level 3) by Edgar Allen Poe in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Gold-Bug by Edgar Allan Poe in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Imp of The Perverse by Edgar Allan Poe in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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- Great Ghost Stories (Books of Wonder) by Various in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Building an ESL Collection for Young Adults: A Bibliography of Recommended Fiction and Nonfiction for Schools and Public Libraries (Contributions in Librarianship & Information Science) by Laura McCaffery on page 14
- The Jungle Book (Books of Wonder) by Rudyard Kipling in Back Matter
- Storied City: A Children's Book Walking-Tour Guide to New York City by Leonard M. Marcus on page 114
- Wittgenstein, Language and Information: "Back to the Rough Ground!" (Information Science and Knowledge Management) by David Blair on page 219
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