Edgar Allan Poe
When the mutilated bodies of Madame L'Espanaye and her daughter are found in the rue Morgue, detective C. Auguste Dupin is faced with the most puzzling case of his career as witness accounts contradict each other and key evidence from the perpetrator does not appear to be human. "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is recognized as the first detective story and the model for Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot.
A pioneer of the short story genre,
...4) The Fall of the House of Usher, The Pit and the Pendulum & Other Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Includes: The Fall of the House of Usher · The Pit and the Pendulum · The Black Cat · The Facts in the Case of M Valdemar · The Cask of Amontillado · Ligeia · The Tell-Tale Heart · The Masque of the Red Death · The Premature Burial · The Raven
The horrors of the Spanish Inquisition, with its dungeon of death, and the overhanging gloom on the House of Usher demonstrate unforgettably the unique imagination of Edgar Allan Poe. Unerringly,
...It's midnight. Turn out the lights, cuddle with your true love, and shiver to fright-meisters Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, and H. P. Lovecraft.
Quicken your pulse with the elegant terror of Henry James, Edith Wharton, and Guy de Maupassant. Chortle at the black glee of H. H. Munro and Ambrose Bierce.
These fourteen tales, plays, and poems, gleaned from cultures around the world, range from wickedly comic to deathly serious,
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