The Ghost Stories of Edgar Allan Poe

A grand collection of creepy ghost tales by one of the masters of the genre - Edgar Allan Poe.

Edgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.

Spine tingling tales in this compendium

Berenice Eleonora Hop-Frog Ligeia Metzengerstein Morella MS Found in a bottle Shadow - A Parable Silence - A Fable The assignation The black cat The cask of Amontillado The fall of the house of Usher The man that was used up The masque of the red death The oval portrait The pit and the pendulum The