Edgar Allan Poe remains the unsurpassed master of works of mystery and madness in this outstanding collection of Poe's prose and poetry are sixteen of his finest tales, including:-The Tell-Tale Heart-The Black Cat-The Cask of Amontillado-The Fall of the House of Usher-The Masque of the Red Death-The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar-Ligeia-The Murders in the Rue Morgue-The Purloined Letter-A Descent into the Maelstrom-The Pit and the Pendulum-Ms. Found in a Bottle-The Premature Burial-William Wilson-Eleonara-Silence-A Fable-The Narrative of Arthur Gordon PymHere too is a major selection of what Poe characterized as the passion of his life, his poems:-Stanzas-Romance-To Helen-Israfel-The City in the Sea-The Sleeper-The Valley of Unrest-Lenore-The Raven-A Valentine-Ulanume-A Ballad-For Annie-Annabel Lee-The Bells-Alone