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Tales of Terror: Ten Short Stories
Ten of the master's best and most terrifying tales are collected here in a superb volume that will delight lovers of mystery and the macabre. These marvelously crafted masterpieces are as spine-chilling today as when they first appeared, and the exquisite illustrations make this especially personal collection by Neil Waldman a volume to be treasured. Weird and shadowy drawings highlight the mystery and terror, bringing such tales as "The Pit and the Pendulum", "The Black Cat", and "The Cask of Amontillado" to life in ways that will haunt the imagination.
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Masque of the Red Death
Ms. Found in a Bottle
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Black Cat
A Descent into the Maelstrom
Ligeia
The Fall of the House of Usher
Hop-Frog
The Cask of Amontillado
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Masque of the Red Death
Ms. Found in a Bottle
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Black Cat
A Descent into the Maelstrom
Ligeia
The Fall of the House of Usher
Hop-Frog
The Cask of Amontillado
186 pages, Library Binding
Published January 1, 1985
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About the author
Edgar Allan Poe
10k books28.9k followersThe name Poe brings to mind images of murderers and madmen, premature burials, and mysterious women who return from the dead. His works have been in print since 1827 and include such literary classics as The Tell-Tale Heart, The Raven, and The Fall of the House of Usher. This versatile writer’s oeuvre includes short stories, poetry, a novel, a textbook, a book of scientific theory, and hundreds of essays and book reviews. He is widely acknowledged as the inventor of the modern detective story and an innovator in the science fiction genre, but he made his living as America’s first great literary critic and theoretician. Poe’s reputation today rests primarily on his tales of terror as well as on his haunting lyric poetry.
Just as the bizarre characters in Poe’s stories have captured the public imagination so too has Poe himself. He is seen as a morbid, mysterious figure lurking in the shadows of moonlit cemeteries or crumbling castles. This is the Poe of legend. But much of what we know about Poe is wrong, the product of a biography written by one of his enemies in an attempt to defame the author’s name.
The real Poe was born to traveling actors in Boston on January 19, 1809. Edgar was the second of three children. His other brother William Henry Leonard Poe would also become a poet before his early death, and Poe’s sister Rosalie Poe would grow up to teach penmanship at a Richmond girls’ school. Within three years of Poe’s birth both of his parents had died, and he was taken in by the wealthy tobacco merchant John Allan and his wife Frances Valentine Allan in Richmond, Virginia while Poe’s siblings went to live with other families. Mr. Allan would rear Poe to be a businessman and a Virginia gentleman, but Poe had dreams of being a writer in emulation of his childhood hero the British poet Lord Byron. Early poetic verses found written in a young Poe’s handwriting on the backs of Allan’s ledger sheets reveal how little interest Poe had in the tobacco business.
For more information, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_al...
Just as the bizarre characters in Poe’s stories have captured the public imagination so too has Poe himself. He is seen as a morbid, mysterious figure lurking in the shadows of moonlit cemeteries or crumbling castles. This is the Poe of legend. But much of what we know about Poe is wrong, the product of a biography written by one of his enemies in an attempt to defame the author’s name.
The real Poe was born to traveling actors in Boston on January 19, 1809. Edgar was the second of three children. His other brother William Henry Leonard Poe would also become a poet before his early death, and Poe’s sister Rosalie Poe would grow up to teach penmanship at a Richmond girls’ school. Within three years of Poe’s birth both of his parents had died, and he was taken in by the wealthy tobacco merchant John Allan and his wife Frances Valentine Allan in Richmond, Virginia while Poe’s siblings went to live with other families. Mr. Allan would rear Poe to be a businessman and a Virginia gentleman, but Poe had dreams of being a writer in emulation of his childhood hero the British poet Lord Byron. Early poetic verses found written in a young Poe’s handwriting on the backs of Allan’s ledger sheets reveal how little interest Poe had in the tobacco business.
For more information, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_al...
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October 4, 2016
Tales of Terror
By Edgar Allan Poe Selected and Illustrated by Neil Waldman
Today I will be telling you how I feel about the book tales of terror selected and illustrated by Neil Waldman. The stories have been selected from various books that Edgar Allan Poe wrote. Some are about murder others are nothing but suspense, but a few just make your skin crawl. As you read you’ll find out just why Poe is such a great author the words he uses and the context he uses them in are just astounding how he can put the images right into your mind. His attention to even the littlest of details is what makes the stories so visual. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone, even if you don’t like scary stories they’re only as scary as you make them in your mind. This was actually the first book I’ve read by Poe and after just this one I must say I’m definitely interested in reading some more of his books. I would rate this book 5 stars. This book has one obvious weakness and that is that most people might not be able to read such stories, but that’s ok because you could read some of the other stories that aren’t as scary. It’s more of a fantasy book but it has a hint of mystery to it. Anyone who likes scary books or who likes suspense would definitely enjoy this one.
By Edgar Allan Poe Selected and Illustrated by Neil Waldman
Today I will be telling you how I feel about the book tales of terror selected and illustrated by Neil Waldman. The stories have been selected from various books that Edgar Allan Poe wrote. Some are about murder others are nothing but suspense, but a few just make your skin crawl. As you read you’ll find out just why Poe is such a great author the words he uses and the context he uses them in are just astounding how he can put the images right into your mind. His attention to even the littlest of details is what makes the stories so visual. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone, even if you don’t like scary stories they’re only as scary as you make them in your mind. This was actually the first book I’ve read by Poe and after just this one I must say I’m definitely interested in reading some more of his books. I would rate this book 5 stars. This book has one obvious weakness and that is that most people might not be able to read such stories, but that’s ok because you could read some of the other stories that aren’t as scary. It’s more of a fantasy book but it has a hint of mystery to it. Anyone who likes scary books or who likes suspense would definitely enjoy this one.
June 2, 2007
Scared the crap out of me as a kid. You can't beat Poe for scary story reading late at night.
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