(P/B) THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM - THE ESSENTIAL POE

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This selection of Poe's critical writings, short fiction and poetry demonstrates an intense interest in aesthetic issues and the astonishing power and imagination with which he probed the darkest corners of the human mind. The Fall of the House of Usher describes the final hours of a family tormented by tragedy and the legacy of the past. In The Tell Tale Heart, a murderer's insane delusions threaten to betray him, while stories such as The Pit and the Pendulum and The Cask of Amontillado explore extreme states of decadence, fear and hate. (From the publisher)

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Chronology
Introduction
POEMS
The Raven
Ulalume
The Bells
A Dream within a Dream
For Annie
To Helen
Spirits of the Dead
STORIES
The Balloon-Hoax
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
A Descent into the Maelstrom
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Purloined Letter
The Black Cat
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Masque of the Red Death
The Tell-Tale Heart
William Wilson
Berenice
Ligeia
The Man of the Crowd