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The Gold-Bug and Other Tales
The Gold-Bug and Other Tales
Adventure of One Hans Pfaal
Angel of the Odd
Balloon Hoax
Black Cat
Business Man
Cask of Amontillado
Descent into the Maelstrom
Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
Fall of the House of Usher
Gold-Bug
Imp of the Perverse
Island of the Fay
Loss of Breath
Man That Was Used Up
Masque of the Red Death
Mellonta Tauta
Mesmeric Revelation
Ms. Found in a Bottle
Oval Portrait
Pit and the…
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Visions of Poe [16 stories, 8 poems]
A selection of tales and poems, visually interpreted with photographs by Simon Marsden, capturing the world as Poe envisaged it.
16 stories:
Masque of the Red Death
Mesmeric Revelation
William Wilson
The oval portrait --
The angel of the odd --
The colloquy of Monos and Una --
Black Cat
Berenice
Fall of the House of Usher
The sphinx --
Imp of the Perverse
Metzengerstein…
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Derniers Contes
La vie d'Edgar Allan Poe n'est plus a raconter: ses derniers traducteurs francais, s'inspirant des travaux definitifs de son nouvel editeur J.H. Ingram, l'ont eloquemment venge des calomnies trop facilement acceptees sur la foi de son ami et executeur testamentaire, Rufus Griswold. En depit de ses mensonges, Edgar Poe reste pour nous et restera pour la posterite, de plus en plus admiratrice de…
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The Premature Burial
"The Premature Burial" is a horror short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, published in 1844 in The Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper. Its main character expresses concern about being buried alive. This fear was common in this period and Poe was taking advantage of the public interest.
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This story also contained in:
Best Horror Stories
Comedies and Satires
Complete Tales &…
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After the People Lights Have Gone Off
After the People Lights Have Gone Off
A collection of stories that tap into the horrors and fears of the supernatural-- as well as the everyday.
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The little bookroom
Collects twenty-seven of Eleanor Farjeon's stories, which include kings, princesses, servants, a mysterious flower, orphans, enchanted woods, an organ-grinder, giants, a little dressmaker, fairies, and a kindly farmer.
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The Best Ghost Stories Ever
The empty house / by Algernon Blackwell
The monkey's paw / by W.W. Jacobs
The legend of Sleepy Hollow / by Washington Irving
Masque of the Red Death / by Edgar Allan Poe
The judge's house / by Bram Stoker
A ghost story / by Jerome K. Jerome
The yellow wallpaper / by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The romance of certain old clothes / by Henry James
The story of Clifford House / by…
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Scarlet Letter with Connections
The Scarlett Letter --
Connections: Who killed Arthur Dimmesdale? / by Perry Turner --
Lottery / by Shirley Jackson --
Puritan sonnet / by Elinor Wylie --
The woman caught in adultery --
Nor fitting for your sex / by Doreen Rappaport --
Declaration of rights and sentiment / by Elizabeth Cady Stanton --
A double standard / by Frances E.W. Harper --
Notes and an article / by Nathaniel…
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21 Great Stories
War, by L. Pirandello --
Eve in darkness, by K. Hurlbut --
There will come soft rains, by R. Bradbury --
Tobermory, by Saki --
The two bottles of relish, by Lord Dunsany --
Footfalls, by W.D. Steele --
Hook, by W.V.T. Clark --
Wine on the desert, by M. Brand --
The lady or the tiger, by F. Stockton --
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, by A. Bierce --
Cask of Amontillado, by E.A. Poe…
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Fiction 100
The Grand inquisitor / Fëdor Dostoevski --
The Adventure of the speckled band / Arthur Conan Doyle --
King of the Bingo game / Ralph Ellison --
Barn burning
Dry September --
A Rose for Emily / William Faulkner --
Winter dreams / F. Scott Fitzgerald --
The Road from Colonus / E.M. Forster --
Aura / Carlos Fuentes --
Watch time fly / Laura Furman --
A Very old man with enormous wings /…
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My Favorite Horror Story
Collection contains:
Robert Bloch - Sweets to the Sweet (selected by Stephen King)
Philip K. Dick - The Father-Thing (selected by Ed Gorman)
Richard Matheson - The Distributor (selected by F. Paul Wilson)
M.R. James - A Warning to the Curious (selected by Ramsey Campbell)
Arthur Machen - Opening the Door (selected by Peter Atkins)
H. P. Lovecraft - The Colour Out of Space (selected by…
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Great American Short Stories from Hawthorne to Hemingway
Young Goodman Brown / Nathaniel Hawthorne --
The birthmark / Nathaniel Hawthorne --
Rappaccini's daughter / Nathaniel Hawthorne --
Cask of Amontillado / Edgar Allan Poe --
Fall of the House of Usher / Edgar Allan Poe --
The purloined letter / Edgar Allan Poe --
Bartleby the Scrivener / Herman Melville --
The notorious jumping frog of Calaveras County / Samuel Langhorne Clemens…
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Tales of Mystery and Imagination [22 stories]
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The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe in Six Volumes - Vol. I - Tales of Imagination
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18 Best Stories
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Fireside Al's Treasury of Classic Stories
The necklace / Guy de Maupassant --
Butch minds the baby / Damon Runyon --
A tradition of eighteen hundred and four / Thomas Hardy --
Rip Van Winkle / Washington Irving --
Michael / William Wordsworth --
To build a fire / Jack London --
The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County / Mark Twain --
The signalman / Charles Dickens --
Come again in the spring / Richard Kennedy…
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Great Ghost Stories
Tell-tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
A GHOST STORY by Mark Twain
THE SECRET OF THE GROWING GOLD by Bram Stoker
THE OPEN WINDOW by Saki
CAPTAIN MURDERER AND THE DEVIL'S
BARGAIN by Charles Dickens
THE BOY WHO DREW CATS by Lafcadio Hearn
THE RED ROOM by H. G. Wells
YESTERDAY'S WITCH by Gahan Wilson
THE ADVENTURE OF THE GERMAN STUDENT by Washington Irving
THE HAUNTED TRAILER by Robert…
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Tales of Mystery and Imagination [29 stories]
Tales of Mystery and Imagination, London: George Harrap and New York: Brentanos, 1919. (This famous and frequently copied collection features elaborate illustrations by Harry Clarke. The original edition comprised 24 black and white illustrations, plus front cover and spine illustration and 10 decorative tailpieces. The book was so well received that it was reissued in 1923 with 8 additional…
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