Alive buried, seized by madness, relentlessly on the path to ruin - nothing spares Edgar Allan Poe's heroes in his dark fantasy. This evokes a delightful shiver and sheer horror in the reader. This compact selection includes the most chilling and thrilling, the most intricate and eerie tales from the master of horror literature and detective fiction. From 'The Cask of Amontillado' to 'The Pit and the Pendulum', from 'The Mystery of Marie Rogêt' to 'The Fall of the House of Usher'.