Edgar Allan Poe
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It is virtually impossible to overstate Edgar Allan Poe's importance in the field of American literature. He is credited not only with inventing or significantly advancing the short story, detective fiction, and science fiction, but also with being one of the first Americans to pursue a career in writing as a vocation. This comprehensive volume is a career-spanning collection of Poe's stories and poems.
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Tales of mystery and horror: Murders in the Rue Morgue -- Mystery of Marie Roget -- Black cat -- Gold-bug -- Ligeia -- Descent into the maelstrom -- Tell-tale heart -- Purloined letter -- Assignation -- MS found in a bottle -- William Wilson -- Berenice -- Fall of the house of Usher -- Cask of Amontillado -- Pit and the pendulum -- Tale of the ragged mountains -- Man of the crowd -- Morella -- "Thou art the man" -- Oblong box -- Conversation of Eiros...
5) The fall
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A retelling of Edgar Allen Poe's 'The Fall of the House of Usher' in which Madeline and her twin brother, Roderick, suffer from the Usher family illness but she hears the House talking to her, filling her dreams, controlling her actions, and ensuring she never leaves the property.