Edgar Allan Poe remains the unsurpassed master of works of mystery and madness in this outstanding collection of Poe's prose and poetry are sixteen of his finest tales, including: -The Tell-Tale Heart -The Black Cat -The Cask of Amontillado -The Fall of the House of Usher -The Masque of the Red Death -The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar -Ligeia -The Murders in the Rue Morgue -The Purloined Letter -A Descent into the Maelstrom -The Pit and the Pendulum -Ms. Found in a Bottle -The Premature Burial -William Wilson -Eleonara -Silence-A Fable -The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym Here too is a major selection of what Poe characterized as the passion of his life, his poems: -Stanzas -Romance -To Helen -Israfel -The City in the Sea -The Sleeper -The Valley of Unrest -Lenore -The Raven -A Valentine -Ulanume-A Ballad -For Annie -Annabel Lee -The Bells -Alone